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migusd

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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2022 12:04 am
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hello,
I am trying to print the time of the process only as HH:MM.
every reference in the manual I found include HH:MM:SS at least.
I need to include the time in HH:MM format in a header for a file.

Is there a way to do it?

thanks
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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2022 12:18 am
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I found several time related formats on table 35 Run-time constants on Page 2-167 on manual
however, none of them is what I am looking for.
is there a way to get the time in a desired format (HH:MM)
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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2022 1:34 am
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Code:
 ... &TIME2(:) ...
===> С'hh:mm'


Code:
 ... &TIME ...
===> С'hh:mm:ss'


Code:
 ... &TIME1(-) ...
===> С'hh-mm-ss'


Code:
&TIME      C'hh:mm:ss' 8
&TIME1     C'hhmmss'   6
&TIME1(c)  C'hhcmmcss' 8
&TIME1P    P'hhmmss'   4
&TIME2     C'hhmm'     4
&TIME2(c)  C'hhcmm'    5
&TIME2P    P'hhmm'     3
&TIME3     C'hh'       2
&TIME3P    P'hh'       2
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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2022 6:36 pm
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thank you Sergeyken
I wish this was more straighforward:
Syncsort didn't like the fix:
I executed the code with the standard &date and &time
worked fine.
then I executed again with the suggested &time2 and that upset the &date parm.
trying to figure out what is wrong now
Code:
SYSIN :                                                       
  DEBUG NOABEND                                               
  OMIT COND=((01,8,EQ,C'PROCESS '),OR,(1,07,EQ,C'SYSPLEX')),FO
  SORT FIELDS=(1,335,A),FORMAT=CH                             
  SUM FIELDS=NONE                                             
  OUTFIL REMOVECC,                                           
    HEADER1=(01:'PROCESS STARTED AT ',                       
             20:&DATE(MD4/),                                 
                           *                                 
             31:&TIME2(:),/,                                 
             01:'SYSPLEX|RESOURCE TYPE|RESOURCE',             
             31:'|GROUP/ID|ACCESS ID|ACCESS|'),               
    TRAILER1=(01:'PROCESS COMPLETED AT ',                     
              22:&DATE(MD4/),33:&TIME)                       
    OUTREC IFTHEN=(WHEN=(293,7,BI,EQ,MN,AND,300,1,CH,NE,C'*'),
    OVERLAY=(276:C'USER |',293,8,C'           ')),           
    IFTHEN=(WHEN=(293,7,BI,EQ,MN,AND,300,1,CH,EQ,C'*'),       
    OVERLAY=(276:C'USER |',293,7,C'            '))           
WER813I  INSTALLATION OPTIONS IN MFX LOAD LIBRARY WILL BE USED
WER268A  OUTFIL STATEMENT  : SYNTAX ERROR 
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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2022 6:40 pm
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it doesn't even like the straight &time2 (without (icon_smile.gif )as shown in manual
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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2022 7:01 pm
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migusd wrote:

trying to figure out what is wrong now
Code:
SYSIN :                                                       
  DEBUG NOABEND                                               
  OMIT COND=((01,8,EQ,C'PROCESS '),OR,(1,07,EQ,C'SYSPLEX')),FO
  SORT FIELDS=(1,335,A),FORMAT=CH                             
  SUM FIELDS=NONE                                             
  OUTFIL REMOVECC,                                           
    HEADER1=(01:'PROCESS STARTED AT ',                       
             20:&DATE(MD4/),                                 
                           *                                 
             31:&TIME2(:),/,                                 
             01:'SYSPLEX|RESOURCE TYPE|RESOURCE',             
             31:'|GROUP/ID|ACCESS ID|ACCESS|'),               
    TRAILER1=(01:'PROCESS COMPLETED AT ',                     
              22:&DATE(MD4/),33:&TIME)                       
    OUTREC IFTHEN=(WHEN=(293,7,BI,EQ,MN,AND,300,1,CH,NE,C'*'),
    OVERLAY=(276:C'USER |',293,8,C'           ')),           
    IFTHEN=(WHEN=(293,7,BI,EQ,MN,AND,300,1,CH,EQ,C'*'),       
    OVERLAY=(276:C'USER |',293,7,C'            '))           
WER813I  INSTALLATION OPTIONS IN MFX LOAD LIBRARY WILL BE USED
WER268A  OUTFIL STATEMENT  : SYNTAX ERROR 


It doesn't like this not-allowed format
Code:
                 
             20:&DATE(MD4/),                                 
                           *                                 
WER268A  OUTFIL STATEMENT  : SYNTAX ERROR 


The correct syntax works perfectly
Code:
 INREC BUILD=(C'PROCESS STARTED AT ',
              &DATE1(/),X,
              &TIME2(:))
 SORT FIELDS=COPY
 END


It has produced
Code:
PROCESS STARTED AT 2022/05/05 09:38


The same format will work with HEADER=, and TRAILER= as well.

Please, try to read the manuals MORE CAREFULLY, and do not bother people with such questions.
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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2022 7:11 pm
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the problem is that it does work with the straight &time parm.
it doesn't work with &time2
is &time2 only for outrec?

look at this code below. I executed before making the change to &time2.
it does work fine.
cross posting in mainframe forum
thanks for your time, Sergeyken

Code:
SYSIN :                                                                           
  DEBUG NOABEND                                                                   
  OMIT COND=((01,8,EQ,C'PROCESS '),OR,(1,07,EQ,C'SYSPLEX')),FORMAT=CH             
  SORT FIELDS=(1,335,A),FORMAT=CH                                                 
  SUM FIELDS=NONE                                                                 
  OUTFIL REMOVECC,                                                               
    HEADER1=(01:'PROCESS STARTED AT ',                                           
             20:&DATE(MD4/),                                                     
             31:&TIME,/,                                                         
             01:'SYSPLEX|RESOURCE TYPE|RESOURCE',                                 
             31:'|GROUP/|PLATFORM'),                                   
    TRAILER1=(01:'PROCESS COMPLETED AT ',                                         
              22:&DATE(MD4/),33:&TIME)                                           
    OUTREC IFTHEN=(WHEN=(293,7,BI,EQ,MN,AND,300,1,CH,NE,C'*'),                   
    OVERLAY=(276:C'USER |',293,8,C'           ')),                               
    IFTHEN=(WHEN=(293,7,BI,EQ,MN,AND,300,1,CH,EQ,C'*'),                           
    OVERLAY=(276:C'USER |',293,7,C'            '))                               
WER813I  INSTALLATION OPTIONS IN MFX LOAD LIBRARY WILL BE USED                   
WER276B  SYSDIAG= 8170060, 10764778, 10764778, 19858215                           
WER164B  24,592K BYTES OF VIRTUAL STORAGE AVAILABLE, MAX REQUESTED,               
WER164B     0 BYTES RESERVE REQUESTED, 24,544K BYTES USED                         
WER146B  32K BYTES OF EMERGENCY SPACE ALLOCATED                                   
WER108I  SORTIN   : RECFM=FB   ; LRECL=   600; BLKSIZE= 27600                     
WER073I  SORTIN   : DSNAME=SYS22125.T084534.RA000.MSDCSDTD.CSDBACL.H0C           
WER237I  OUTREC RECORD LENGTH =   600                                             
WER110I  SORTOUT  : RECFM=FB   ; LRECL=   600; BLKSIZE= 27600                     
WER074I  SORTOUT  : DSNAME=ZA2T.NDM.ACF2.ACL.DEV.MAY03                           
WER410B  23,564K BYTES OF VIRTUAL STORAGE AVAILABLE ABOVE THE 16-MEGABYTE LINE,   
WER410B     0 BYTES RESERVE REQUESTED, 23,560K BYTES USED                         
WER036B  G=3368,B=88,BIAS=30                                                     
WER045C  END SORT PHASE                                                           
WER531I  ESTR=35,NSTR=91                                                         
WER055I  INSERT          0, DELETE      15910                                     
WER418I  DATASPACE(S) AND/OR ZSPACE USED                                         
WER405I  SORTOUT  :  DATA RECORDS OUT     412293; TOTAL RECORDS OUT     412296   
WER493I  ZIIP PROCESSOR USED                                                     
WER211B  SYNCSMF  CALLED BY SYNCSORT; RC=0000                                     
WER449I  SYNCSORT GLOBAL DSM SUBSYSTEM ACTIVE                                     
WER416B  SORTIN   : EXCP'S=36,UNIT=3390,DEV=38CB,CHP=(40414243454647,1),VOL=1SS#A#
WER416B  OUTFIL WAS USED FOR SORTOUT                                             
WER246I  FILESIZE 256,920,000 BYTES                                               
WER054I  RCD IN     428203, OUT     412293                                       
WER072I  EQUALS, BALANCE IN EFFECT                                               
WER169I  RELEASE 3.1 BATCH 0541 TPF LEVEL 4.0   
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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2022 7:14 pm
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I didn't look at the second part of your post... trying it with &date1
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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2022 7:19 pm
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Your DATE format is not allowed
Code:
&DATE1[{±}nnnn]     C'yyyymmdd'
&DATE1(c)[{±}nnnn]  C'yyyycmmcdd'
&DATE1P[{±}nnnn]    +yyyymmdd
&DATE2[{±}nnn]      C'yyyymm'
&DATE2(c)[{±}nnn]   C'yyyycmm'
&DATE2P[{±}nnn]     +yyyymm
&DATE3[{±}nnnn]     C'yyyyddd'
&DATE3(c)[{±}nnnn]  C'yyyycddd'
&DATE3P[{±}nnnn]    +yyyyddd
&DATE4[{±}nnnn]     C'yyyy-mm-dd-hh.mm.ss'
&DATE5[{±}nnnn]     C'yyyy-mm-dd-hh.mm.ss.nnnnnn'


The only allowed syntax is
Code:
&DATE=(m1m2m3m4)±nnnn
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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2022 7:25 pm
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NOPE...
didn't like it either.
perhaps &date1 & &time2 work only on INREC/OUTREC statements but not on Header
this time it move the error to the top of the header line

Code:
SYSIN :                                                       
  DEBUG NOABEND                                               
  OMIT COND=((01,8,EQ,C'PROCESS '),OR,(1,07,EQ,C'SYSPLEX')),FO
  SORT FIELDS=(1,335,A),FORMAT=CH                             
  SUM FIELDS=NONE                                             
  OUTFIL REMOVECC,                                           
    HEADER1=(01:'PROCESS STARTED AT ',                       
                                     *                       
             20:&DATE1(/),                                   
             31:&TIME2(:),/,                                 
             01:'SYSPLEX|RESOURCE TYPE|RESOURCE',             
             31:'|GROUP/ID|PLATFORM|'),               
    TRAILER1=(01:'PROCESS COMPLETED AT ',                     
              22:&DATE(MD4/),33:&TIME)                       
    OUTREC IFTHEN=(WHEN=(293,7,BI,EQ,MN,AND,300,1,CH,NE,C'*'),
    OVERLAY=(276:C'USER |',293,8,C'           ')),           
    IFTHEN=(WHEN=(293,7,BI,EQ,MN,AND,300,1,CH,EQ,C'*'),       
    OVERLAY=(276:C'USER |',293,7,C'            '))           
WER813I  INSTALLATION OPTIONS IN MFX LOAD LIBRARY WILL BE USED
WER268A  OUTFIL STATEMENT  : SYNTAX ERROR                     
WER211B  SYNCSMF  CALLED BY SYNCSORT; RC=0000                 
WER449I  SYNCSORT GLOBAL DSM SUBSYSTEM ACTIVE
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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2022 7:35 pm
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no need to post aggressive comments, Sergeyken
Straight from manual page 2-151
MD4(/) mentioned.

anyway thanks for time
sorry if you feel I am wasting someone else time. Including yours. wasn't my intention
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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2022 7:46 pm
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migusd wrote:
no need to post aggressive comments, Sergeyken
Straight from manual page 2-151
MD4(/) mentioned.

anyway thanks for time
sorry if you feel I am wasting someone else time. Including yours. wasn't my intention


Please! Read the manual carefully!!!

This is syntax for a field conversion!!!
Code:
field,Y2T,DT=(MD4/)
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PostPosted: Thu May 05, 2022 7:58 pm
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The formats allowed for HEADER/TRAILER are as follows:
Code:
&DATE±nnnn
&DATE=(m1m2m3m4)±nnnn
&DATENS=(xyz)±nnnn
&YDDD=(m1m2m3)±nnnn
&YDDDNS=(m1m2)±nnnn
&TIME
&TIME=(hp)
&TIMENS=(tt)

See Page 2.95


If only you followed the manual exactly as it shows, everything would work perfectly.
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