RE: Which on best RTVSYSVAL or RTVJOBA

["Jeff Crosby" <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I have two CL's, CL1 calls CL2. I want the date when CL1 is 
> entered to also be the date used in CL2. 
> CL1 starts at 11:30pm and runs jobs. The call from CL1 to CL2 
> could be before mid-night or after depending on how long CL1 
> takes to run.
> I would like help determining which of these commands would 
> be the best for what I want to do.
> Thanks in advance for any and all help.

If I understand your question properly, I think you want RTVJOBA
DATE(&DATE).

The help for the DATE parm in the RTVJOBA command states:

"Specifies the name of the CL variable that receives the DATE ASSIGNED TO
THE JOB BY THE SYSTEM WHEN THE JOB IS STARTED (emphasis mine).  The variable
must be a character variable with a minimum length of 6 characters.  The job
date is returned in the job-date format."                                   

Assuming CL1 does a CALL to CL2 and not a SBMJOB to create a new job, you'll
get the date as of 11:30pm.

HTH.

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