Advantages of FIXDATE as oppsoed to native use of DMSPLU:
- You don't get an ABEND when trying to update a file on a R/O disk (DMSPLU was fixed in newer CMS levels) - You get an errormsg instead of only RC 24 when something fails - One can use = signs to keep date or time as it currently is - One can use an ISODATE as date input (really nice when running FIXDATE from inside FILELIST (ISODATE) - With SHORTDATE: no need to pass leading 0's in date or time But indeed, for use inside another EXEC, DMSPLU is as good (or even better) as my FIXDATE EXEC,(better as you avoid a dependance). If you like CSL: there is a routine available, but I don't know its name. -- Kris Buelens, IBM Belgium, VM customer support
