Padding a julian date with leading zeros ?

[AlanHagen]

Hi,

I have gernerated a julian date, which I am appending to another two digit number to create a five digit serial number.

Is there a simple way to pad the first 99 days with leading zeros ( i.e. 001, 002....025...099) so that I maintain a five digit serial number ?

I am using   Get Date In Time/Seconds > Number To Decimal String > Unbundle >Number to Decimal String.

Thank you in advance for any advice,

Alan

[RavensFan]

You've got me confused as to what you mean by Julian calendar and days going up to 99.  I thought the Julian calendar was the one that was used from Roman times until about 1700's.

To get a 3 digit string, use the Format Into String function where the format string is %03d   That will create a 3 digit number with zeroes padded on the left.

Message Edited by Ravens Fan on 02-20-2008 11:51 PM

[JohnBoy]

The Julian day is the number of the day in the current year.

[Matthew_Kelton]

Here's the simplest way to do it (with he 2 digit number), I believe:






Message Edited by Matthew Kelton on 02-21-2008 12:43 AM

[TCPlomp]

Yes %<%j>T always returns the current day in 3 digits.
See here

Ton

[AlanHagen]

Many thanks for the responses ! I was able to create the desired string.

Alan