How to store files in MVS with date and time ??

Anand_Kannan · New User Joined: 09 Jun 2005 Posts: 3

Hi all,

I need to store a File in MVS with file name having latest Date/Time when the program was executed, so that we could re-use the same file again in future by passing the Date/Time through JCL. I.e we want to store the files with date and time. Could Date/Time be stored in GDG and if so how? If not what else are the options?

Kindly let me know how to solve this.

Regards,
Anand

MGIndaco · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:42 pm

Try to read this post:
http://ibmmainframes.com/viewtopic.php?t=2568&highlight=date
In my opinion, if you are working in Prod through a scheduler you must use scheduler variable as OPIADETE/OCDATE for TME10 OPC and if you are not you can use variable as Superk's sample or through a PROC or a rexx.

superk · Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 10:22 pm

How granular do your date and time values need to be? I could see using GDG's if you expected multiple occurences of files with the exact same date and time values. Otherwise, it seems to me that using GDG's would be a wasted effort. Don't forget that you need a GDG base defined BEFORE you can create a new generation, so you'd have to take that fact into account. Would you be pre-defining all of the possible bases, or would your job logic need to be able to define the bases "on the fly"?