Description Kathy Carroll 2011-08-18 16:10:00 EDT

I expected this to work:

 qDay date = "06/28/1969";

not this:

 qDay date = "19690628";

================= EDT CODE ==================

program dateTester type BasicProgram {}
	
	function main()
		creation();
	end
	
	function creation()
	 // This should work
	  try
		expecting string = "06/28/1969";
		qDay date = expecting;
		actual string = qDay;
		If (actual == expecting)
			syslib.writeStdOut("MM/DD/YYYY Equal");
		else
			syslib.writeStdout("MM/DD/YYYY Different");
		end
	  onException(oops TypeCastException)
	  	 Syslib.writeStdOut(" Can't create date using MM/DD/YYYY");
	  	 creationworks();
	  end
	end
	
	function creationWorks()
		// this shouldn't work
		try
			expecting string = "19690628";
			qDay date = expecting;
			actual string = qDay;
			If (actual == expecting)
				syslib.writeStdOut("YYYYMMDD Equal");
			else
				syslib.writeStdout("YYYYMMDD Different");
			end
	   	onException(oops TypeCastException)
	  		 Syslib.writeStdOut(" Can't create date using YYYYMMDD");
	  	end
	end

end