RE: Last IPL date and time

Of course there is a GREAT TAATOOL that displays this information:

DSPIPLSTS

                        Display IPL Status - TAA                       S02      
                                                              6/22/06  13:18:05 
 Current IPL                                                                    
                                                                                
    How IPL occurred  . . . . . . :   Restart IPL                               
    Date and time   . . . . . . . :    5/28/06    21:56:47                      
    Controlling subsystem . . . . :   QCTL           Library:  QSYS             
    Key lock position . . . . . . :   Normal                                    
    Previous IPL ended  . . . . . :   Normal                                    
                                                                                
 Next IPL System Value Settings                                     System value
                                                                                
    Type  . . . . . . . . . . . . :   Unattended                      QIPLTYPE  
    Controlling subsystem . . . . :   QCTL in QSYS                    QCTLSBSD  
    Auto IPL after power outage . :   Allowed                         QPWRRSTIPL
    Action if Console disabled  . :   Unattended IPL                  QSCPFCONS 
    Start up program  . . . . . . :   NNGSTRUP    in  QGPL            QSTRUPPGM 
         Source member  . . . . . :   NNGSTRUP    QPGMSRC     in  SYSADMSRC     


                        Display IPL Status - TAA                       S02     
                                                              6/22/06  13:18:32
                                                                               
 Last IPL start date/time . . . . :   05/28/06  21:41:48                       
 Last IPL end date/time . . . . . :   05/28/06  21:56:47                       
                                                                               
    Elapsed IPL time  . . . . . . :   14 minute(s) 59 seconds                  
                                                                               
 Last power down date/time  . . . :   05/28/06  21:00:53                       
 Last power down date/time  . . . :   05/28/06  21:03:04                       
                                                                               
    Elapsed power down time . . . :   2 minute(s) 11 seconds                   
                                                                               
                                                                               
 The IPL time does not include the time to start subsystems and TCP.           

Kenneth

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Subject: RE: Last IPL date and time

date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:15:09 -0400
from: Bryan Dietz <BDietz@xxxxxxxxxx>
subject: RE: Last IPL date and time

When the system IPL's the first job to get started is SCPF.
I use the QUSRJOBI API to retrieve the job's start date and time.
This seemed an easy way since the SCPF job is always 

(000000/QSYS/SCPF).

I was planning on creating a data area in QSYS and dump the data time 
stamp there, but this is way easier.

Thanks Brian.