IBM Mainframe Forum

Yes, you can. You need to read the documentation again.

Why not break it down into simple steps so that it is easier to understand, and then when you do understand condense it into a single expression.

1) Set a variable as a date
2) Subtract your choice of value from said variable
3) Convert said variable into a date format

So basically, exactly as Enrico has said above

Step 1a) convert date in variable to Basedate form (spoon-feeding)