TIMES Keyword—Access Hours

Valid on z/OS, z/VSE, and z/VM.

Use the TIMES keyword to assign a range of hours during which a facility or resource may be accessed.

This keyword has the following format:

TSS ADDTO(acid) FACILITY(facility)
                TIMES(nn,nn)

TSS PERMIT(acid) resource(prefix(es))
                 TIMES(nn,nn)

This keyword is used with:

The commands ADDTO, PERMIT, REVOKE, and REMOVE
The ACID types User, Profile, DCA, VCA, ZCA, LSCA, SCA, and MSCA
No specific authority

Time Ranges

The first two digits in the TIMES operand specify the hour at which (CPU time) CA Top Secret permits access to the resource. The second pair of digits specify the hour through which CA Top Secret permits access. Thus, CA Top Secret permits access from the first minute of the hour specified in the first operand, until the first minute of the hour specified in the second operand.

Note: When the time range wraps around midnight, access is permitted until one minute before the “second” hour expires. For example if the range is (10,20), the user is permitted access from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. If the range is (20,10), indicating that it wraps around midnight, then the user can access that resource from 8 p.m. until 10:59 a.m. on the following morning.

To specify an inclusive range, set the start time to a lesser number than the stop time. This entry permits USER01 to open the data set between 0600 hours (6:00 a.m.) and 1200 hours (noon).

TSS PERMIT(USER01) DSNAME(**.+COPS)TIMES(06,12)

To indicate a range that wraps around the 24‑hour clock, set the start time greater than the stop time. The entry permits USER01 to access the data set between 8:00 p.m. in the evening and 8:00 a.m. on the following morning.

TSS PERMIT(USER01) DSNAME(**.+COPS)TIMES(20,08)

To permit access for one hour (10 am to 11 am), enter:

TSS PERMIT(acid) DSNAME(**.PREFIX)TIMES(10,11)

Examples: TIMES keyword

This example specifies an inclusive range, set the start time to a lesser number than the stop time:

TSS ADDTO(USER01) FACILITY(CICS)
                  TIMES(06,12)

This example allows USER01 to access the CICS facility from 8 p.m. until 10 a.m. the following day:

TSS ADDTO(USER01) FACILITY(CICS)
                  TIMES(20,10)

This example assigns access for one hour (10 a.m. to 11 a.m.):

TSS ADDTO(acid) FACILITY(CICS)
                TIMES(10,11)