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ABAP Keyword Documentation → ABAP Glossary →Character-like date field
Character-like data type for saving a date or a similar data object. The associated predefined ABAP type is d. Valid values have the format "yyyymmdd". The internal representation used is the character representation of the current code page. When assignments are made to data objects with numeric data types and in calculations, valid values are converted to the number of days since 01.01.0001.