On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 10:58:01 -0700, Lizette Koehler wrote: >Gil, >You can use the symbols for DATE and HOUR and so forth. I think it is >documented z/OS 2.1.0>z/OS MVS>z/OS MVS Initialization and Tuning >Reference>Overview>Sharing parmlib definitions>What are system >symbols?>Dynamic system symbols > >https://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ieae200/dynpsm.htm > > >New symbol Old symbol >&YYMMDD &DATE >&LYYMMDD &LDATE >&HHMMSS &TIME >&LHHMMSS <IME > Hmmm... I think that's new in 2.1. I haven't tried it.
o If two jobs are submitted close in time, is there a possibility of DSN conflict? I believe GDG would eliminate this. o IBM contributors have acknowledged here that there's a timing window: if &YYMMDD and &HHMMSS are referenced close to midnight (who'd ever schedule a job for midnight!?) a 23 hour 59 minute error might result if the date changes between the two references. Why doesn't IBM fix that? Rexx does it right. JCL developers should read the Rexx manual to see how. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
