I miss UPSI switches, sigh.....
Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note® 4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Tony Thigpen <[email protected]> Date: 9/6/2016 6:50 AM (GMT-06:00) To: [email protected] Subject: Re: z/OS not always superior to z/VSE was Re: Reading IDCAMS BACKUP Tape generated on Z/Vse with my Z/Os Well, J R, you can just set the z/VSE option DATE=DMY at IPL and your date will be a Euro-Frendly dd/mm/yyyy. Sometimes it's the simple things that make a better OS. :-) Tony Thigpen J R wrote on 09/05/2016 07:58 PM: > 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.) > > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
