On Feb 1, 2022, at 09:38:58, Dave Clark wrote: > > I previously asked about 32-bit unsigned numbers and that opened > up some new instructions (new to me, anyway: LLGF, LLGH, etc) for loading > unsigned numbers into registers. But now I have need to load a 64-bit > unsigned value into a register and I don't see an LLGD instruction for > that. > > In case it makes a difference, this value is a timestamp > (presumably from the store-clock instruction) but it is stored in an > 8-byte file field. Now I need to take the file field and turn it into a > date and a time value. I have done this in REXX and COBOL but now I need > to do it in assembler. Actually, I have done something similar in > assembler but it was for the CICS ABSTIME value -- which is a 15-digit > packed number, not binary. > > So, any hints? Thanks. > You can do it wrong with STCKCONV. IBM has documented the flaw and institutionalized it as a feature.
-- gil
