Want to get the month number from month name

Question

Hi Friends
Can you suggest  me a function module which would <b>convert the month name to the month number.</b>?
Example : suppose the input is<b> December 20,2006</b> I want to get it converted to SAP internal format YYYYMMDD i.e. <b>20061220.</b>
Would reward pointns for immediate help.:-)
Also is there a function module which would convert date given in any format to the SAP internal format.
Thanks
     Rita.

Answer 1

Hi,
I am not aware of any FM that will convert alphnumeric dates to SAP internal format.
However, you could create a simple logic to convert this with the assumption that your first string is for the month then date then year:
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DATA: l_date(20) VALUE 'December 20,2006',
      l_new_date(8),
      l_month(10),
      l_day(2),
      l_year(4).
START-OF-SELECTION.
  TRANSLATE l_date TO UPPER CASE.
*- Get month string (separated by space from day & year)
  SPLIT l_date AT space INTO l_month l_date IN CHARACTER MODE.
*- Get day & year (separated by comma)
  SPLIT l_date AT ',' INTO l_day l_year IN CHARACTER MODE.
  l_new_date0(4) = l_year0(4).
  l_new_date6(2) = l_day0(2).
END-OF-SELECTION.
*- Get numeric month
  SELECT SINGLE mnr FROM t247
    INTO l_new_date+4(2)
    WHERE ktx = l_month+0(3).
  IF sy-subrc = 0.
    WRITE:/ l_new_date.
  ELSE.
    WRITE:/ 'Invalid date'.
  ENDIF.
Thanks.
Kind Regards,
Darwin