What is date literal in SAP BC-ABA - ABAP Runtime Environment?

SAP Term: date literal

• Component: BC-ABA

• Component Name: ABAP Runtime Environment

• Description: Literal whose value is a calendar date from Release 8.0. Either a char acter-like date literal, a day date literal, a week date literal, or a month date literal.

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• Key Concepts: 
  A date literal is a type of SAP term used to represent a date in the ABAP Runtime Environment. It is a string of characters that can be used to represent a date in the format YYYYMMDD. For example, '20200101' would represent January 1st, 2020. 
  
  How to use it: 
  Date literals can be used in various ABAP statements, such as SELECT and WHERE clauses. For example, you could use a date literal to select all records from a table with a date field equal to January 1st, 2020: SELECT * FROM table WHERE date_field = '20200101'. 
  
  Tips & Tricks: 
  When using date literals, it is important to remember that they must be enclosed in single quotation marks. Additionally, when using them in WHERE clauses, it is important to remember that the comparison operator must be an equals sign (=) and not a greater than or less than sign (> or <). 
  
  Related Information: 
  For more information on date literals and other SAP terms, please refer to the official SAP documentation for the ABAP Runtime Environment (BC-ABA).