File Management - IBM

Table 14 on page 112 outlines the conversion possibilities for the date, time, and
timestamp.
Table 14. Conversion Table
Allowable Field
Allowable
Field
Data types Forms
Length Direction Data Type Formats Length
Date Any date format 6, 8, or 10 Date Any 6, 8, or 10
Zoned (MMDDYY) 6,0 Date Any 6, 8, or 10
Zoned (DDMMYY) 6,0 Date Any 6, 8, or 10
Zoned (YYMMDD) 6,0 Date Any 6, 8, or 10
Zoned (YYDDD) 5,0 Date Any 6, 8, or 10
Character (MMdDDdYY) 6 min Date Any 6, 8, or 10
Character (DDdMMdYY) 6 min Date Any 6, 8, or 10
Character (YYdMMdDD) 6 min Date Any 6, 8, or 10
Character (YYdDDD) 6 min Date Any 6, 8, or 10
Character (*USA) 6 min ----> Date Any 6, 8, or 10
Character (*ISO) 6 min ----> Date Any 6, 8, or 10
Character (*EUR) 6 min ----> Date Any 6, 8, or 10
Character (*JIS) 6 min ----> Date Any 6, 8, or 10
Character (YYYYDDD) 6 min ----> Date Any 6, 8, or 10
Time Any time format 8 Time Any 8
Zoned (HHMMSS) 6,0 Time Any 8
Character (HHtMMtSS) 4 min ----> Time Any 8
Character (*USA) 4 min ----> Time Any 8
Character (*ISO) 4 min ----> Time Any 8
Character (*EUR) 4 min ----> Time Any 8
Character (*JIS) 4 min ----> Time Any 8
Character (HHtMMtSS) 8 min Timestamp SAA 26
Character (YYYYMMDDHHMMSS) 14 min Timestamp SAA 26
Note: In the format columns,
d = date separator value
t = time separator value
any = job formats or SAA formats
In the allowable field-length column, min means the specified length is the minimum required for a conversion
attempt. Conversion errors may still occur if the length is not long enough for the desired or assumed format. Refer
to the DDS Reference for more information on the date, time, and timestamp data types and keywords.
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When converting a character field to a date, time, or timestamp field;
FMTOPT(*MAP) is specified; and the corresponding from- and to-field names
match; an attempt is made to determine what similar date form the character field
is in. The following applies:
v For converting a character field to a date field, the minimum length required for
the character field is 6. The system first determines if the character field data is
in the same format and has the same separator as specified in the current job
under which the copy command is running. This may be *MDY, *DMY, *YMD,
or *JUL for the format and slash (/), hyphen (-), period (.), comma (,), or blank (
) for the separator. If the character field is not in the current job specified format
and separator form, it determines if it is in one of the SAA formats (*ISO, *USA,
*EUR, or *JIS), or if it is in a YYYYDDD form (no separator). If the system