Get the system date and write in a member

kedianirmal · Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:45 am

I want to read the system run date YYYYMMDD and write into a member file.

Nirmal

Alissa Margulies · Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 3:31 am

Nirmal,

Where are you reading the date from? Does it already exist in a file, or are you just pulling in the current system date? And where are you writing it out to... A new data set as a stand alone record or MODing on to an existing file? Is it being inserted on every record or only once as a HEADER or TRAILER?

If you would like further assistance, you need to provide more information. Please provide your complete requirements, including the RECFM and LRECL of the files, and any pertinent field positions and lengths.

superk · Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 3:32 am

I would go with either:

kedianirmal · Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:26 am

I want to pull the current system date in the JCL and write the same into the member having a LRECL=80 and RECFM=FB.
The date will be the only data in the member file.

dick scherrer · Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:56 am

Hello,

kedianirmal · Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:58 pm

Thanks a lot.

vishnu.priya · New User Joined: 28 Nov 2007 Posts: 11 Location: hyderabad

hi

after getting the system date i want to manipulate that date in the jcl
For example :
if current date is 20090128
i want to subtract 1 day from it is thr any way to do it

expat · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:44 pm

What have you tried so far.

What documents have you read for the two examples shown by Kevin ? I am certain that DFSORT has some great date manipulation facilities. Why not take a look ?

Frank Yaeger · Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:15 pm

You can use DFSORT's DATE1-1 function to subtract 1 from the current date (yyyymmdd form).

vishnu.priya · New User Joined: 28 Nov 2007 Posts: 11 Location: hyderabad

hi Frank
thanks for the quick reply
i tried doing as said by you, but got U0016 abend

dick scherrer · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:19 am

Hello,

You need to post the diagnostic info presented when the run terminated. Include message ids as well as message text when you post this.

vishnu.priya · New User Joined: 28 Nov 2007 Posts: 11 Location: hyderabad

hello dick

Arun Raj · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 1:17 pm

vishnu.priya,

Which version of SyncSort you're running? It'll be there on the top of your SYSOUT.

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 1:25 pm

Hi,

You might like to check this link www.ibmmainframes.com/viewtopic.php?t=32960&highlight= but that again depends on which version of SyncSort is in use at your shop.

Just fyi..Other JCL posted by Frank does work on DFSORT site - I've just verified it with one of my friend whose shop uses DFSORT and it didn't work for you because either you dont' have the latest (1.3 or above) version of SyncSort or you don't have DFSORT (which is evident from your sysout messages).

Arun Raj · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 1:41 pm

vishnu.priya,

I tried executing your JCL and it works fine for my version which is SyncSort for z/OS Release 1.3.
Also I could see the below in my manual as pointed out by Anuj.

vishnu.priya · New User Joined: 28 Nov 2007 Posts: 11 Location: hyderabad

thanks arcvns and anuj, as said by you, ours is a older version of syncsort (SYNCSORT FOR Z/OS 1.2.2.2R version)

Thanks again for the information

lohithegde · New User Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 31 Location: Chennai

Hi Visnu

The both Code Posted by SUPERK is working fine....If it is not working in your SETUP, contact your ADMIN

Thanks to superk for good Example

Rehards
Lohit

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:52 pm