RE: getting system date and system time

["Weber, Richard (US) " <Richard.Weber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Noooooooooo... here comes that "midnight" thread again!  (Rick runs
screaming and flailing his hands to seek refuge in his favorite bathroom
stall!)

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam Glauser
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 10:28 AM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: getting system date and system time

JDHorn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>    Is there a better way to retrieve the system date and time than
this, or
>    is this as good as any?
>    System date, not the job date.
>    D SYSYMD          S              6  0

>    D SYSTIME         S              6  0

>     /FREE

>      SYSYMD  = %DEC(%SUBST(%CHAR(%TIMESTAMP:*ISO0):3:6):6:0);

>      SYSTIME = %DEC(%SUBST(%CHAR(%TIMESTAMP:*ISO0):9:6):6:0);

>     /END-FREE

>    C                   SETON                                        LR


Others have show less complicated syntax to get the date and time in 
individual operations.

If there's any chance the job in question can run near midnight, it 
might be wise to do this instead:

sysDateTime = %timestamp();
sysDate     = %date(sysDateTime);
sysTime     = %time(sysDateTime);

Suppose that your given code runs at 12:59:59.999999, lets say on 
2007-12-14.  You have the chance that SYSYMD = d'2007-12-14' and SYSTIME

= '00:00:01'.  Of course, this is so unlikely that you may decide to 
ignore this possibility, but in some situations it is critical to 
consider this.

HTH,
Adam