This page may help:
http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/api/content/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r2.idas300/s3013.htm?locale=en

The XL3 is _binary_ composed of two fields: XL1'YY'  &  XL2'DDD'.

Example:

**CCHHR- 0000000105   RECORD LENGTH- 00008C
 000000   E3C3 D7C9  D74B E2C5  D9E5 C9C3  C5E2 4040     4040 4040  4040
4040  4040 4040  4040 4040   *TCPIP.SERVICES  *
          E3-- XC    XC   UNPKU MVCK            STH      STH  STH   STH
 STH   STH  STH   STH  STH    *                *
 000020   4040 4040  4040 4040  4040 4040  F1D3 C9C8     E3E2 F100  01*6C*
*004E*  0000 0001  0000 C9C2   *            1LIH*
          STH  STH   STH  STH   STH  STH   MVO           E3-- MVO
                          *TS1..%.+......IB*
 000040   D4D6 E2E5  E2F2 4040  4040 406C  004E 2000     0000 4000  9000
6D10  0050 0000  0082 C000   *MOSVS2     %.+..*
          NC   UNPKUUNPKU STH   STH  STH        LPDR          STH   STM  DD
                   LARL   *.. ..._..&......*
 000060   0001 0000  01AE C800  0081 0000  1300 0000     1300 0E00  0000
0000  0000 0000  0000 0000   *......H.........*
                          MVCOS            LCR           LCR  MVCL
                           *................*
 000080   0000 0000  0000 0000  0000 0000
                          *............    *



x'6c' is 108d. Add 1900 to that makes 2008. x'004E' is 78d which is 03/18.
ISPF option 3.4 data inquiry shows this:

Data Set Name . . . . : TCPIP.SERVICES

General Data                           Current Allocation
 Management class . . : **None**        Allocated cylinders : 1
 Storage class  . . . : **None**        Allocated extents . : 1
  Volume serial . . . : LIHTS1
  Device type . . . . : 3390
 Data class . . . . . : **None**
  Organization  . . . : PS             Current Utilization
  Record format . . . : FB              Used cylinders  . . : 1
  Record length . . . : 80              Used extents  . . . : 1
  Block size  . . . . : 27920
  1st extent cylinders: 1
  Secondary cylinders : 1              Dates
  Data set name type  :                 Creation date . . . : 2008/03/18
  SMS Compressible. . : NO              Referenced date . . : 2008/03/18
                                        Expiration date . . : ***None***


On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 1:18 PM, michelbutz <michealb...@comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi
>
> Using an example in the DFSSMS advanced services guide I got strange
> output from OBTAIN
> With CAMLST
>
>          OBTAIN DSCB
> DSCB.   CAMLST SEARCH,DSABC,VOL,WORKAREA
> DSABC.   DC. CL44'data.set.name'
> VOL.         DC.  CL6'VOLSER'
> WORKAREA DS CL140
>
> Register 15 returned a zero
>
> WORKAREA pointed to a '1' indicating a format1
> DSCB then a volser when I back up the address of WORKAREA by 50 bytes I
> got the 44 bytes dataset name followed by the volser followed by a '1'
> followed by the volser again
> The 2 byte volseq field didn't seem to make any sense and the 3 byte
> creation date had some binary number not a EBCDIC representation that I
> would expect
>
>
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-- 
The unfacts, did we have them, are too imprecisely few to warrant our
certitude.

Maranatha! <><
John McKown

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