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  3. September 1997

Re: Build Timestamp?

  • Subject: Re: Build Timestamp?
  • From: "Kahn, David" <KAHN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 09:03:00 +0600
 
Booth Martin (boothm@ibm.net) wrote:

>What I have just started doing for a timestamp is using three fields:
>*date + time + Userid.

What's wrong with the timestamp data type (DDS col 35 = Z) combining
date and time in one field? That's what I assumed David was referring
to. It's a fixed format, but using OPM RPG you have to construct it
yourself.

Dave Kahn - TCO, Tengiz, Kazakstan
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e-mail:  kahn@tengizchevroil.com    (until September 30th)
         dkahn@cix.compulink.co.uk  (from  October 1st)

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