I have a simple-minded question, but I am unable to find a solution, this after checking the available documentation.
Maybe someone has a solution.
My "problem":
If I define a DATE variable like this
1 NULL_DATE (D)
I get a piece of storage containing X’0000000F’. Everything is fine.
For aestheic reasons, I want is to define NULL_DATE as a constant. And here the trouble starts:
1 NULL_DATE (D) CONST< D’no idea what to specify’ >
Up to know I was not able to specifiy a valid Date constant which results in a X’0000000F’ value.
Am i hopeless with this?
Regards chris
Yes, Chris, you are hopeless. 
A date field can be initialized (INIT or CONST) only with a valid value, so at minimum 01/01/1582.
Hi Ralph,
your reply matches my test results. It is like it is.
regards Chris
Depending on what you are trying to accomplish, you could have something like:
1 NULL_DATE_B (B) CONST <X’0000000F’>
1 REDEFINE NULL_DATE_B
2 NULL_DATE_D (D)
Hi Steve
thx for this tipp, which is well-known for me.
In my first posting I mentioned an “aesthetic” motivation to use a constant declaration.
To use a redefined constant declaration will work but contradicts my aesthetic coding style in this specific case.
To sum up:
We can close this issue, due to Ralph’s feedback.
I’ll stay with my “no constant” style.
regards Chris