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  3. January 2008

Re: Override a system value

Adam Glauser wrote:
which is the usual way of calling the program. When no parameter is supplied, the current date ( %date() ) is used.

I was wondering if there a way to override the system time for a given job. I've checked the archives, 'GO CMDOVR' and the Infocentre's API finder, and I'm not sure where else to look. Is this a loony idea, or does someone know of a way to do this?

When I did Y2K remediation I wrappered all the date/time functions in a callable routine instead of directly inline. Today I'd use a procedure. By setting a global variable (data area?) the procedure could swap from the 'production' mechanism of %date to the 'test' mechanism of UDATE or what have you. You could then set the test date/time to whatever you need, and switch it back to the live machine time without changing the code.
--buck

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