Regarding conversion of date in abap

Question

Hi All,
while running my application I am not getting the date of birth in correct format.
say for example i require the correct output i.e DOB as 01.01.1970 but i am getting the wrong output in this field as 19700101.so if there is any function module or any way to do the date conversion then give it i.e. how can I convert the date from string to date format.If any one knows the solution then revert me back.
Thanking you All in advance.

Answer 1

say your user setting format is mm.dd.yyyy
now, data: v_date like sy-datum.
move the data to V_date.
write:/ v_date.
as your user setting format is mm.dd.yyyy it displays as 01.01.1997 although internally it stores as 19970101