Gil, You can use the symbols for DATE and HOUR and so forth. I think it is documented z/OS 2.1.0>z/OS MVS>z/OS MVS Initialization and Tuning Reference>Overview>Sharing parmlib definitions>What are system symbols?>Dynamic system symbols
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.ieae200/dynpsm.htm New symbol Old symbol &YYMMDD &DATE &LYYMMDD &LDATE &HHMMSS &TIME &LHHMMSS <IME Lizette > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 10:51 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: AW: Re: Fastest way to read OLDEST GDG entry > > On Wed, 18 Nov 2015 09:17:25 -0800, John Mattson wrote: > > ... > > A third possibility which is kludgy would be to create each new DS > >with a unique DATETIME in the DSN and then do the catalog list and > >search for the oldest date. No roll-off, no problems with new GDGs coming > >in. > > > Alas, JCL has no facility for creating a new DS with a unique DATETIME in the > DSN. > GDGs provide this in JCL. > > -- gil > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
