Basic System DMS PROC › SELECT Command › DSCL SELECT CRITERIA Field Name Descriptions › EXPDT — Expiration date (date format)

EXPDT — Expiration date (date format)

Comparison dates can be entered in any acceptable CA Disk format.

For all processing of non-VSAM data sets, and reporting on VSAM components with SCAN REALVOLS, REPORT COMPONENTS, the value of EXPDT is set to the value of the expiration date field DS1EXPDT in the Format-1 DSCB for each data set or component. Missing or invalid values are assigned a value of 00/00/0000 or 0.

For all other processing of VSAM clusters, the value of EXPDT is set to the expiration date field DSETEXDT in the catalog entry for each cluster. Missing or invalid values are assigned a value of 00/00/0000 or 0.

For example, to select data sets with expiration dates, use:

SELECT CRITERIA=(EXPDT,NE,0)

To select data sets and clusters set to expire in the next week, use:

SELECT CRITERIA=(EXPDT,LT,TODAY+7)