Thanks, Craig. The JSAB control block is job - not step - related. Therefore, the IAZXJSAB macro does not return current step dates and times. It only returns job start time.
There are 2 fields in the JCT, JCTSSD and JCTJMRSS, that appear to contain the current step's start date and time. Are these fields good for the data? Jerry -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schneiderwent, Craig Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 4:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Obtaining current job step start date and time Either JSABESTK or JSABXSTK in the JSAB I believe. However, my reading of <http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IEA2D350/118.0?S HELF=IEA2BK51&DT=20040623161835> [z/OS 1.6] is that this control block is not GUPI. There is, however, a macro to obtain the information you request, IAZXJSAB "Obtain Information about a Currently Running Job" <http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IEA2A251/26.0?SH ELF=IEA2BK51&DT=20050114161656> [z/OS 1.6]. Should I be reading anything into the presence of documentation in the Authorized Assembler Services Reference for services which do not require authorization? From the "About this document" section... "Some of the services included in this document are not authorized, but are included because they are of greater interest to the system programmer than to the general applications programmer. The functions of these services are of such a nature that their use should be limited to programmers who write authorized programs." Is this intended to be a hint that someday I will be unable to use these services unless I am running authorized? -----replying to----- From: Support, DUNNIT SYSTEMS LTD. Which fields in which control block contain the currently executing step's start date and time? Thanks, Jerry -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.3/530 - Release Date: 11/11/2006 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
