TIME (Time) keyword in printer files

This field-level keyword prints the current system time as a constant field 6 bytes long.

Start of change You can specify the location of the field, or name the field with the special name *NONE if the POSITION (Position) keyword is used in the record to specify the location of the fields. Also, you can specify the TIME keyword, and optionally, you can specify the EDTCDE, EDTWRD, COLOR, HIGHLIGHT, CHRSIZ, FONT, UNDERLINE, or TEXT keyword. Positions 17 through 38 must be blank. End of change

This keyword has no parameters.

The edit word '0_:__:__' (_ represents a blank) is assumed for a TIME field. You can specify another edit word or one of the user-defined edit codes (5 through 9) to change the IBM-supplied editing.

Option indicators are not valid for this keyword, although you can use option indicators to condition the field specified.

Example

The following example shows how to specify the TIME keyword.

|...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....8
00010A  20                              1 56TIME
00020A  21                              1 56TIME
     A                                      EDTWRD('0 &HRS&;  &MINS&;  &SECS')
     A

If the system time is 110645, the time prints as follows:

If option indicator 20 is on, the time prints as
```
11:06:45
```
If option indicator 21 is on (and option indicator 20 is off), the time prints as
```
11 HRS 06 MINS 45 SECS
```