Answer / adarsha

01 ws-misc-vars.
05 system-date pic x(06) value spaces.
05 system-date-rede redefines system-date
10 system-dt-yy pic x(02) value spaces.
10 system-dt-mm pic x(02) value spaces.
10 system-dt-dd pic x(02) value spaces.

01 ws-rep-dt-frmt pic x(06) value space.
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procedure division.

move system-date to ws-rep-dt-frmt.

*** when you want any particular variable to be recevied or
stored in a particular format you can redefine them in the
way you want.. here system-date-rede has the same value as
system-date !

Explain what you understand by passing by value.

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