Specific Control Options › DATE—Date Format

DATE—Date Format

Valid on z/OS and z/VM.

Use the DATE control option to specify the format for dates displayed in listings. The DATE option accommodates various multinational date standards.

All entry methods are accepted.

This control option has the following format:

DATE(yy/dd/mm)

YY

Year (90 . . .) For YY > 80, the year is assumed to be in the twentieth century. For YY < 80, the year is considered to be in the twenty‑first century.

DD

Day (01 . . . 31)

MM

Month (01 . . . 12)

Any character such as hyphen (‑), period (.), comma(,) can be used as a delimiter between the date fields. Some characters, such as comma(,) and blanks might require that the entire DATE control option be enclosed within quotes:

TSS MODIFY('DATE(MM DD YY)')

The choice of delimiters here affects the syntax of the UNTIL keyword during command administration. For example, if DATE('MM DD YY') were chosen then a command with the UNTIL keyword would need to be specified as follows:

TSS PERMIT(USER01) DSN(****.FILE)
                   UNTIL('05 01 94')