Date formats used in HCL Workload Automation for Z

Different components of HCL Workload Automation for Z use different formats to represent dates, as described hereafter.

Table 1. Date formats used in HCL Workload Automation for Z
HCL Workload Automation for Z component Date format Length Date type
Controller YYMMDD 6 Internal date
0nYYDDDF 4 Time stamp
Trackers YYMMDD 6 Real date
0nYYDDDF 4 Time stamp
Description databases YYMMDD 6 Internal date
Batch loader and SYSIN for batch programs YYMMDD 6 Real date
Dialogs and reports Defined by the user, for example YY/MM/DD 8 Real date
Exits YYMMDD 6 Real date
0nYYDDDF 4 Time stamp
Programming interfaces YYMMDD 6 Defined by the user
Note:
  1. Real date means that 1 January 1998 is represented as 980101.
  2. For the internal date, HCL Workload Automation for Z uses 1972 as the base year for the century window. This means that the year 1972 is represented as 00 and 2071 is represented as 99.
  3. The z/OS time stamp uses 00YYDDDF for dates in the 20th century, and 01YYDDDF for dates in the 21st century.
  4. The date format of the programming interfaces depends on the base year of the PIF century window defined by the PIFCWB keyword of the INTFOPTS statement, or the CWBASE keyword of the INIT statement. 00 implies real dates. 72 corresponds to theHCL Workload Automation for Z internal date format.