On Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:53:03 -0700, Lizette Koehler wrote: >z/OS V1.12 > >I have a need to have JCL (Not STC) coded with date and possibly time. The >requirement is to NOT use a GDG > >So is it possible to code > >//DD1 DD DSN= HLQ.D&Date..T&Time..LLQ > >Are there symbolics in the z/OS V1.12 system that is available to the batch >JCL during conversion? > No. This may change in 2.1. I won't know until I try it.
>I am not looking to create a REXX or CLIST to submit the job to put in the >date and time. Just basic JCL process. > >I have been reading the JCL Reference it seems that only STC JCL has this >functions. Not Batch JCL > >Thanks for any commentary > The current situation sucks. Does that count? One thing I wonder about: in the STC case, are the date and time symbols defined in an atomic operation, so there is _no_ timing window such that one may be obtained before midnight and the other after midnight, resulting in an apparent 23 hour 59 minute error? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
