Well, my previous post wasn't helpful. Those keywords are for INREC, and do not work in HEADER1=.
Your first issue is that DFSORT HEADER1= requires DATENS=(4MD),TIME=(24)... i.e. the '=' are required. But as previously stated, the '-1' isn't supported at all. Massimo B.'s advice should help you get on the right track, but it would be much better if you can replace existing header records using INREC IFTHEN BUILD logic. In that case, DATE1-1 should work. I'm guessing that maybe your '0' record might be such a header. If not, then Massimo's idea might be the best. It's surprising to me that DFSORT is missing such a trivial feature (DATE offset in header) that SYNCSORT has. Obviously, it would be great if Sri Kolusu would deliver his authoritative answer, but until then, HTH. sas ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
