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DATEFORMAT Subcommand

Use the ENTRY DATEFORMAT command to add or remove or replace a DATEFORMAT statement in a USER, IDENTITY, SUBCONFIG, or PROFILE directory entry.

ENTRY entryname DATEFormat {"Parms"} [( "Options"]

Parms:

  SHOrtdate
| FULldate
| ISOdate
| SYSdefault
| DELETE
| ?

Options:

[MSG | NOMSG]
[FILE [filename]]
["Stack Options"]
[STEM stemname]

Stack Options:

  FIFO
| LIFO
| STACK [FIFO | LIFO]

Definitions

entryname

Specifies the name of the directory entry to process.

DELETE

Removes the DATEFORMAT statement from the entry.

?

Returns the DATEFORMAT statement from the entry. The values are passed to the caller in a message, on the program stack, or in a REXX stem.

[FILE [filename]]

[MSG | NOMSG]

[STACK [FIFO | LIFO]]

[FIFO]

[LIFO]

[STEM stemname]

These options are explained in Common API Command Options.

The remaining operands are the same as those on a DATEFORMAT statement. For details on the DATEFORMAT statement, refer to the definitions in the section on that statement in the IBM CP Planning and Administration publication for your release of VM.