You raise a good point but we don't know what kind of "real" timestamp they want. We could increment by, say, 1 second or 1 millisecond. Random increments is not something DFSORT can do.
Cheers, Martin Martin Packer zChampion, Systems Investigator & Performance Troubleshooter, IBM +44-7802-245-584 email: martin_pac...@uk.ibm.com Twitter / Facebook IDs: MartinPacker Blog: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker Podcast Series (With Marna Walle): https://developer.ibm.com/tv/mpt/ or https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/mainframe-performance-topics/id1127943573?mt=2 Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu_65HaYgksbF6Q8SQ4oOvA From: Paul Gilmartin <0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Date: 28/03/2019 14:23 Subject: Re: Using DFSORT to generate data Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 13:21:40 +0000, Martin Packer wrote: >ON INREC, if you used IFTHEN WHEN=INIT you could prime with a timestamp >and then with a subsequent IFTHEN overwrite the last few bytes of the >timestamp with an incrementing value. > But what if the OP requires an actual timestamp rather than merely an incrementing value? >Kind of like a pipeline. Though, when I explained what he'd built to Frank >Yaeger he didn't respond as a plumber would. :-) >From: Bill Ashton >Date: 28/03/2019 12:32 > >Kolusu, I would like one little tweak, if you please - is it possible to >get the timestamp fresh on each record, instead of using the same >timestamp >value for all of them? --gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
