>The table still shows the, at least on z/OS V 2.1 and 
>up, invalid symbols &DATE and &TIME.

Those symbols are not fully "invalid". They are available to IBM-code 
symbol substituters that choose to allow them. The DUMPDS command 
processing is such a substituter (I think the only intended one).  The 
table should mention that (and similarly for &LDATE, &LTIME). Given that 
they are deprecated, they could certainly be moved out of the table into a 
separate section.

>And all the local date/time related symbols are only 
>mentioned in the explanation of other symbols

I have submitted a request to update to have the deprecated symbols put in 
a separate area, and add the "local time" symbols included as their own 
entries, not only as reference from the "UTC time" symbols.

In the future, I encourage you to take the time to help yourself and 
presumably others by sending an appropriate email to the ID folks to ask 
for / suggest updates. 

Peter Relson
z/OS Core Technology Deign


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