So how would the GDG base definition would look like so that all the tape GDG has creation date ?
On 12-Mar-2018 10:09 PM, "[email protected] IBM-Main" < [email protected]> wrote: > Years ago, we had a vendor application that was setup to create a Hourly > Log File in a GDG. > > Sometime in early December a Step in the Monthly Cycle jobs would create > the GDG's for the next year (A program created 366 Define GDG Cards) , Then > trigger a "Admin" job that had the authority to create GDG's. > > GDGnames were Pxx.ApplName.LOGFILES.Syymmdd with one for each day of the > year. > > Internal to the application it knew what date it was from the system > clock, and starting at 1am (local) would create a +1 Generation (with the > 00:00-00:59 Logs) at 2am next one ... with the correct GDGbase Name. > > I think we had something like 250 cycles defined in the base, incase of a > restart of the application it would create a new +1 or a system IPL .. > > The Application code never could figure out Daylight Saving time.. Also > was clueless on leap year, it would create Feb 29th every year even if it > was not a leap year. > > > > We had other application that did log files at "Flat Files" with Date and > Time as last two nodes of the dataset names that were generated dynamically > when created. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter" <[email protected]> > Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 12, 2018 11:50 AM > Subject: GDG with timestamp > > > Hi >> >> Apology for the dummy question >> >> For the GDG to have timestamp on its every generation, how do I ensure >> that >> timestamp gets appended with all that generation created ? >> >> Could someone please point me as I am little confused here. >> >> >> Peter >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
