On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 6:58 PM, J R <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't know about "people friendly mm/dd/yy format". At least half the > world use dd/mm. And more than one third of dates can't be assumed with > certainty unless there is at least one certain other for guidance. > Personally, I find yyyy-mm-dd the most friendly. (Much to the disquietude > of my family.) >
I use two forms. I personally prefer the yyyy-mm-dd format (RCF3339/ISO8601), bugs the crud out of people at work. But I use "dd mon yyyy" on my checks. Great for human reading, lousy for computer processing. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Sep 5, 2016, at 18:53, Clark Morris <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > [Default] On Mon, 5 Sep 2016 05:18:30 -0700 (PDT), in > > bit.listserv.ibm-main "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>> On Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at 11:25:17 AM UTC+2, Jay wrote: > >>> Hello, > >>> I currently looking for a way to read "Files generated on Tape(3490) > with IDCAMS BACKUP on Z/VSE" on my Z/OS. > >> > >> You pretty much cannot - Backup/Restore is a feature unique to zVSE and > uses data set formats, a tape format, and end-of-tape handling that is not > known to z/OS. You may want to resort to more standard processes like > REPRO, Export/Import, or FTP... > > > > Another instance of "Dumb" Operating System, now VSE being more > > capable than its more expensive counterpart. It start with the dumb > > system being able to accept the system date in people friendly > > mm/dd/yy format (presumably now mm/dd/yyyy format) while the expensive > > operating system required yy.ddd, year day-of-year. The dumb system > > can handle FBA devices. I am certain z/VSE users and those who have > > converted can come up with other examples. > > > > Clark Morris > >> Horst Sinram - STSM, z/OS Workload and Capacity Management > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Unix: Some say the learning curve is steep, but you only have to climb it once. -- Karl Lehenbauer Unicode: http://xkcd.com/1726/ Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
