As Jan de Wet points out, different strokes for different folks. It all depends on one's point of view:
If you think "I need a copy of file X on this other system" then you might expect the timestamp to be the same. If you think "I need to create a new file on this other system - aha, I don't have to use an editor, I can copy this one from here" then you might expect a "current" timestamp. A comprehensible switch is definitely the right answer. I'm way too lazy to run experiments, but I would not be shocked if z/OS FTP's "timestamp" behavior was different for datasets as opposed to PDS members. Goofy and unexpected, unless, of course, you are steeped in the history and internal architecture of MVS. The "ISPF" timestamps need to be made into a z/OS-wide standard, but that's a thought for its own thread. Also, as we have beat to death before, all timestamps on all systems should be stored and transmitted in GMT and displayed in the users' choices of offsets and formats. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Perryman, Brian Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 1:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Setting the Creation Date for datasets Charles That would seem a reasonable expectation at first, but with various systems' copy commands you are of course dealing with the same environment, including timezones. If you try and extend this to FTP, then you get into the realms of trying to determine whether the source file was GMT stamped or GMT/offset/local-time stamped and by how much, and what time do you therefore put on it. Also there's the concept that with copy commands the file already existed on the source (and target) environment; with FTP, by nature it's a 'foreign' file which didn't previously exist on teh target system. It's therefore a new creation at the time it was sent. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
