Re: Raw unformatted Timestamp in Rtv Journal Entry (QjoRetrieveJournalEntries) API

Yes, Marvin, it is *DTS format. It is 8 bytes, but I've seen in in API
documentation and some MI documentation as a unsigned long long (or 20u 0 in
RPG). Either way, QWCCVTDT is the way to go. I discovered that also while
using the same API you are using. It was not very clearly stated that is was
just *DTS format.

Stu




On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 12:13, Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 2/23/2011 11:39 AM, Marvin Radding wrote:

I am attempting to use the Retrieve Journal Entry
(QjoRetrieveJournalEntries) API. Everything is working fine but I am
having trouble finding the correct API that will convert the Unformatted
Time Stamp to a readable form.

The documentation say: The time stamp is in machine readable format and
can be used as input to a time conversion API, which will convert it to
a human readable format. I have searched the API for V5R4 but I have
found no API that even hints that it can convert this unformatted time
stamp to a human readable format.

Does anyone have any experience or code that will convert this 20U0
number to a human readable format?

Marvin, I think you need the QWCCVTDT API with the type *DTS.


http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/index.jsp?topic=%2Fapis%2Fqwccvtdt.htm

Joe

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