How to get tomorrows date in COBOL

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IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. TomorrowDate.

DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 WS-TODAY-DATE     PIC 9(8).
01 WS-TOMORROW-DATE  PIC 9(8).
01 WS-DATE-INTEGER   PIC 9(8).

PROCEDURE DIVISION.
MAIN-PROCEDURE.
    *> Get today's date in YYYYMMDD format
    MOVE FUNCTION CURRENT-DATE(1:8) TO WS-TODAY-DATE

    *> Convert today's date into an integer
    MOVE FUNCTION INTEGER-OF-DATE(WS-TODAY-DATE) TO WS-DATE-INTEGER

    *> Add 1 to the integer to get tomorrow's date
    ADD 1 TO WS-DATE-INTEGER

    *> Convert the integer back into a date
    MOVE FUNCTION DATE-OF-INTEGER(WS-DATE-INTEGER) TO WS-TOMORROW-DATE

    *> Display tomorrow's date in YYYY-MM-DD format
    DISPLAY "Tomorrow's date is: "
        WS-TOMORROW-DATE(1:4) "-" 
        WS-TOMORROW-DATE(5:2) "-" 
        WS-TOMORROW-DATE(7:2).

    STOP RUN.




*> run:
*>
*> Tomorrow's date is: 2025-04-10
*>

 



answered Apr 9, 2025 by avibootz
edited Apr 9, 2025 by avibootz

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