Re: sy-datum why it is using y=4(2)

Hi Mahalakshmi,

The Off-set is used to capture a part of existing string. Actually SY-DATUM hold the system date and its data type is of Char and length 8 with format YYYYMMDD.

So, now if we want Year from System date, we need to capture first four characters, so counting from 0 we need frist four. So, YEAR = SY-DATUM+0(4).

Same, for Month we need to capture 2 character from 4 (as count starts from 0).

MONTH = SY-DATUM+4(2).

Same for date, DATE = SY-DATUM+6(2).

Hope you got my explanation.

Regards,

Vijay