The Rexx DATE function is still there, but 'DATE -1' isn't a call to a Rexx function--it's a call to a CMS command. You must have had a CMS command called DATE. This was never part of any IBM code I ever saw.
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 10:23 PM, Karl Severson <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry for this easy question. Going from VM/ESA 2.3 to zVM 6.1 is proving > very interesting. It's amazing how many execs don't work on zVM that work > fine on the prior OS. I have a REXX exec that gets yesterday's date by 'DATE > -1' but that doesn't work in zVM. I've looked through the IBM Collection DVD > so far to no avail. Sort of hard to look up something that isn't there to see > what replaced it! I found it interesting on my office P/390 system where I'm > running zVM 3.1 second level on VM/ESA 2.3 that DATE is still in the HELP > files under REXX statements. Doesn't work but it's there! > Regards, > Karl Severson > Raytheon Company > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
