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Stripping Times From Date/Times when the Time is 00:00

To strip an empty time (00:00) from a date/time string, use the following function:

def strip_zero_time_from_date(indate):
   # Strip zero time from timestamp

   if indate[8:12] == "0000":
      return indate[:8]
      return indate

Here are examples of code that uses this function:

value = strip_zero_time_from_date('200802280000') # value is now 20080208
value = strip_zero_time_from_date('200802281225') # value is still 200802281225

This function definition should be placed in the Global Inbound Script or the Global Outbound Preprocess Script.
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