>> But: With decimal point? without decimal point? Gil,
DFSORT can process with or without the decimal point. Using the format UFF we strip off the decimal point. UFF (unsigned free form numeric) format extracts decimal digits (0-9) from right to left anywhere in the field to form a positive number. Any combination of characters is valid, but characters other than 0-9 are ignored. So, I first removed the decimal point using 58,08,UFF,M11,LENGTH=7, and then converted the date to Gregorian format >> 4-digit year? 2-digit year? DFSORT can convert both 4 digit and 2 digit years. Here is the table which shows the TOJUL and TOGREG output date fields https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=statements-outfil-control#oufcst__tatodf >> Sliding window centered on current year? DFSORT prints a message ICE168I about the sliding window when processing the 2 digit years. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=messages-ice168i We also provide a runtime option to override it called Y2PAST which can set the sliding year https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0?topic=ssc-example-6 Thanks, Kolusu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
