The SMF30 record is completed with data from other records, eg. SMF4(step termination). It's possible that the date/time is maintained elsewhere until such time that the SMF30 needs to be written.
There are fields SMF4SIT/SMF4SITD for "initiator selected this step". > Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 22:48:28 +0000 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Field that contains timestamp of when current jobstep started? > To: [email protected] > > >I know. But no date field that I can find. > > There has to be. > The SMF30 records have an 8 byte field that has date and time. > It has to come from somewhere. > > - > Ted MacNEIL > [email protected] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

