RE: Create/Last Used Program Dates -- MIDRANGE-L

Why do you need to know when a program was originally created?

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry C. Adams
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 10:30 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Create/Last Used Program Dates

Did some more searches and still couldn't find the answer to my first question. I thought, perhaps, that when a program was re-compiled, that the creation date *might* be unchanged; i.e., retaining it from the object it was replacing.

But I tested that (lame) theory by re-compiling a program. Its creation date is now today. So I guess there's no way to tell when a program was originally created absent a journal entry, right?

Jerry C. Adams
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry C. Adams
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 7:26 AM
To: Midrange-L
Subject: Create/Last Used Program Dates

I have a program that, using DSPOBJD, shows a creation date of 9 May 2006.
I know there's been a lot of discussion about creation dates and, especially, last used dates here. I tried searching the archives and the Info Center but could not find what I need.

Is the created date the actual date that the object was created? It, also, shows a last used date of 9 December 2011 (today). I ran this at 0630, when I first got here, and I'm the first one in the building. In fact every program I checked (even unused or rarely used ones) shows the same last used date. The library was backed up (via a WRKJOBSCDE entry) early this morning. It seems that saving the library also changes the last used date; is that correct?

Jerry C. Adams

IBM i Programmer/Analyst

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