You are correct, but It appeared to me that Joe was looking to calculate from current time.
Dave Jousma Vice President | Director, Technology Engineering From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <0000042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Date: Friday, April 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> Subject: Re: Day of week from a program On Fri, 18 Apr 2025 15:39:20 +0000, Jousma, David wrote: >Again, why not query system symbol &LWDAY, instead of trying to calculate? >https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=1-operation__;!!MwwqYLOC6b6whF7V!jjjrXaNBrDWXcSdx7cFjZJ6KViua-LtCTaLj0FFh6e8ju61hiinUQe2J-nNMkM9SPgyeZloX_lDLpkxv2c9Gi2OH42t1D-VqqDo$<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=1-operation__;!!MwwqYLOC6b6whF7V!jjjrXaNBrDWXcSdx7cFjZJ6KViua-LtCTaLj0FFh6e8ju61hiinUQe2J-nNMkM9SPgyeZloX_lDLpkxv2c9Gi2OH42t1D-VqqDo$> > What if one needs the day of week corresponding to an archival timestamp? -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
