Relationship Between IRD and ORD Formats

Format choices for IRDs and ORDs are different. These charts show you which output format is compatible with any given input format. They show that an IRD field's format and attribute determine what format its ORD field has. For example, if an IRD field has format B with attribute M, the output field must have format D.

Here is the key to the format of IRD fields (the value that appears under Format in the tables below).

B: binary
C: character
F: flag or bit string
H: hexadecimal numeric
N: character numeric
P: packed numeric
X: hexadecimal

Here is the key to the format of dates and times (the value that appears under Attribute in the tables below).

M: mmddyy (American)
D: ddmmyy (European)
J: yyddd (Julian)
Y: yymmdd (normalized full)
H: time in hours
N: time in minutes
S: time in seconds
T: time as hhmmss
DC: ddmmyyyy (European)
MC: mmddyyyy (American)
YC: yyyymmdd (normalized part)
JC: yyyyddd (Julian)

Note: The length and precision of formats D, R, and T are fixed as described above and cannot be changed.

Here is the key to the format of Output Record Definition fields.

C: character, length=ANY
D: duration, length=8, precision=0
N: packed decimal, length=ANY, precision=ANY
R: packed unsigned, length=8, precision=5
T

time, length=10, precision=4 (HHMMSSTTTT)