Re: when was the last modification to a files data?

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I verified this - if data changes or if an attribute changes, the last 
change date is updated.

I tried viewing files using WRKLNK - option 8 has both an "Attribute 
changed date" and a "Data changed date". They were both changed to the 
same value when I changed the text description and when I updated a record.

Journaling or a changed column that defaults to current date is the only 
way to know for sure.

HTH
Vern

On 7/20/2012 11:14 AM, Luis Rodriguez wrote:
> Dave,
>
> If some changes, say, the TEXT description of the file, the last modified
> date changes, although the data records by themselves haven't been modified.
>
> If possible, I would suggest, as other have done, the use of journals. Some
> time ago Rob Berendt wrote a real nice post that expressed in a very nice
> and succinct way the use of journaling. If interested I can dig it for you,
> as I'm sure I have it archived somewhere (it really was a nice intro, and I
> wanted to show it to my coworkers)
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Luis Rodriguez
> IBM Certified Systems Expert — eServer i5 iSeries