Re: DFSORT: FILTER by STCK format

2010-08-27 Thread Victor Gil
Thanks a lot, I'll give it a try. -Victor- --- On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:44:05 -0700, Frank Yaeger yae...@us.ibm.com wrote: Victor Gil on IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu wrote on 08/26/2010 10:12:01 AM: Frank, Unfortunately, the 'hhmm' format is

DFSORT: FILTER by STCK format

2010-08-26 Thread Gil, Victor x28091
Good morning IBM-MAIN, Can DFSORT filter [not just DISPLAY] a QSAM input by a fixed field in the STCK format? Say, the file records have 8-byte STCK time in columns 11-18, how should I code the control statements to only INCLUDE records which are older than current-time less 30 minutes? As

Re: DFSORT: FILTER by STCK format

2010-08-26 Thread Frank Yaeger
Gil, Victor on IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu wrote on 08/26/2010 07:35:48 AM: Can DFSORT filter [not just DISPLAY] a QSAM input by a fixed field in the STCK format? Say, the file records have 8-byte STCK time in columns 11-18, how should I code the control statements to

Re: DFSORT: FILTER by STCK format

2010-08-26 Thread Victor Gil
Frank, Unfortunately, the 'hhmm' format is insufficient as the STCK timestamps in question may cross midnight [so we need to account for a possible date change]. Is there a format that includes both the date and the time? Also - yes, this is a VB file, so wouldn't the suggested manipulation

Re: DFSORT: FILTER by STCK format

2010-08-26 Thread Frank Yaeger
Victor Gil on IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu wrote on 08/26/2010 10:12:01 AM: Frank, Unfortunately, the 'hhmm' format is insufficient as the STCK timestamps in question may cross midnight [so we need to account for a possible date change]. Is there a format that includes