Initializing a timestamp field when adding a record

["Reeve Fritchman" <reeve@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm trying to get a timestamp field initialized to the current time whenever
I add a record with an ILE RPG program. 

 

Here's what the PF/LF DDS manual says (p. 44, V5R1 version) when explaining
the DFT keyword:

 

If you are defining a timestamp field, you must specify the default value in
the following format:

DFT('YYYY-MM-DD-HH.MM.SS.UUUUUU')

If the DFT keyword is not specified, the default value is the current time.

 

Here's what I'm doing:

      A            RDATS           Z                                     

      A                                      TEXT('Add timestamp')       

      A                                      COLHDG(' ' +                

      A                                             ' ' +                

      A                                             'Add timestamp')     

 

So I created a subset LF without the timestamp field in the format, added a
record with DFU, and the timestamp was there (the manual, p. 27, alludes to
this behavior).  I created a DFU application without the timestamp field and
added a record; the timestamp was not set.

 

Am I mis-reading or was it mis-written?  I'm mis-tified.

 

Thanks,

Reeve