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Use the Convert Date and Time Format (QWCCVTDT) API documented in the Miscellaneous chapter of the System API Reference. *DTS is one of the supported formats. Bruce Vining > >I am doing a RCVMSG monitoring a message queue. Currently the >most important message is CPI8050. When a do a DSPMSGD on CPI8050 >it has the following data fields: >Field Data Type Length > &1 *CHAR 8 > &2 *CHAR 8 > &3 *CHAR 8 > &4 *CHAR 8 > &5 *CHAR 10 > &6 *CHAR 10 > &7 *CHAR 6 > &8 *DTS > &9 *DTS > &10 *BIN 4 > &11 *CHAR 7 > >I've discovered that &8 and &9 take up 8 positions each in the >msgdta. I do the following in my CL: >/* > | SENTTIME & RCVDTIME are both stored funky and I haven't been > | able to figure them out. >*/ > CHGVAR VAR(&SENTTIME) VALUE(%SST(&MSGDTA 59 8)) > CHGVAR VAR(&RCVDTIME) VALUE(%SST(&MSGDTA 67 8)) >How do I convert the above into human readable? >I've tried breaking up &SENTTIME into four 2 character binary fields >and two 4 character binary fields, and doing >CHGVAR VAR(&NUMERIC) VALUE(%BINARY(&BIN4)) or &BIN2 >and none of the chunks made sense. > >The way to generate CPI8050 is to do a SNDNETF. > >The CL programming guide has the following about using *DTS in message >descriptions: > >The following data types are valid only in IBM-supplied message >descriptions and should not be used for other messages: > >: Time interval (*ITV). An 8-byte time interval that contains the > time to the nearest whole second for various wait time out conditions. > >: Date and time stamp (*DTS). An 8-byte system date and time stamp for > which the date is to be formatted as specified in the QDATFMT and > QDATSEP system values and the time is to be formatted as hh:mm:ss. > +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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