Problems with Date Type in Table View

Question

Hello.
Following problem:
I have to make a Table View with some data. One Colum is Type of Date!
Now I used Table View Iterators to change the backgroundcolor of some cells.
Sample:
WHEN 4.
     DATA: col4_text TYPE REF TO CL_HTMLB_TEXTVIEW.
    CREATE OBJECT col4_text.
    col4_text->text = M_ROWREF->DATE1.
       If  mod_vari = 1.
        p_style = 'cellDesign:POSITIVE'.
     ENDIF.
But now I have the problem that this columm´s date is not formated: 20050112 but I want it this way: 01.12.2005.
How can I handle this problem? newbie

Answer 1

This one throw me for a loop as well coming from a non SAP background but here's a nice little code sample that you will find to be quite useful all the world over
data: lt_date type string,
      lt_tmp type string,
      lt_sep type string.
lt_sep = '.'
* You already have your date but for the example not
* so this is why I use the lt_date
lt_date = '20050112'.
CONCATENATE
  lt_date+4(2)
  lt_date+6(2)
  lt_date+0(4)
INTO lt_tmp SEPARATED BY lt_sep.
* Now you can give lt_tmp to your output of your cell
For the cell output you can double check the various weblogs on the subject "Iterator".
You can play around with the lines after CONCATENATE to put the date in the format you want.