SQL set option DatFmt = *ISO ?

I am missing something but can't figure out where to look to find it. I am not even sure where to start counting to find position 36.

I have a program with:

h option(*nodebugio) dftactgrp(*no) actgrp(*caller)

begsr *inzsr;

exec sql set option
DatFmt = *ISO,
Commit = *None,
SrtSeq = *LangIDShr;

It fails to compile with a message telling me:

"SQL0084: Position 36 SQL statement not allowed."

What confounds me is that this code is copy/paste from another program where it compiles just fine. In fact its pretty much the same in several other programs.