If you need all 12 digits, you can use the SQL Timestamp, you can get all 12
digits:
Exec SQL Set :YourTimestamp = Current_Timestamp(12);
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-----Original Message-----
From: RPG400-L <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Barbara
Morris
Sent: Donnerstag, 3. Februar 2022 23:27
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: %TIMESTAMP question
On 2022-02-03 5:15 p.m., DEnglander--- via RPG400-L wrote:
I have a table defined using DDL with a 12 position timestamp
[TIMESTAMP(12)].
I am writing to it via RPGLE. When I populate the field using '=
%timestamp(*SYS : 12)' and write the record, the resulting field
always contains six zeros as the last digits in the timestamp.
We are at TR 11 on V7R3.
Am I doing something wrong, or will I always get the last six as zeros?
%TIMESTAMP only returns microsecond precision.
For %TIMESTAMP(*UNIQUE), the last 6 digits of a timestamp(12) are non-zero,
but they only serve to make the timestamp unique from the previous one. The
timestamp still only has microsecond precision.
For %TIMESTAMP without *UNIQUE, the last 6 digits os a timestamp(12) will
always be zero.
--
Barbara
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