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<h2>Convert Date and Time Format (QWCCVTDT) API</h2>
<div class="box" style="width: 80%;">
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Required Parameter Group:<br>
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<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" width="10%">1</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="45%">Input format</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="25%">Input</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">Char(10)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top">2</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Input variable</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Input</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Char(*)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top">3</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Output format</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Input</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Char(10)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top">4</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Output variable</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Output</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Char(*)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top">5</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Error code</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">I/O</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Char(*)</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;Optional Parameter Group 1:<br>
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<td align="center" valign="top" width="10%">6</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="45%">Input time zone</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="25%">Input</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">Char(10)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top">7</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Output time zone</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Input</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Char(10)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top">8</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Time zone information</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Output</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Char(*)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top">9</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Length of time zone information</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Input</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Bin(4)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top">10</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Precision indicator</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Input</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Char(1)</td>
</tr>
</table>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;Optional Parameter Group 2:<br>
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<td align="center" valign="top" width="10%">11</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="45%">Input time indicator</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="25%">Input</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">Char(1)</td>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;Default Public Authority: *USE<br>
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<p>The Convert Date and Time Format (QWCCVTDT) API converts date and time
values from one format to another format. The QWCCVTDT API lets you:</p>
<ul>
<li>Convert a time-stamp (*DTS, for system time-stamp) value to character
format</li>
<li>Convert a character date and time value to time-stamp format</li>
<li>Convert a date from one character format to another</li>
<li>Convert a date and time based on input and output
time zone values and return the time zone information that is associated with the converted output</li>
<li>Specify a precision of milliseconds or microseconds for your
input and output variables</li>
<li>Retrieve a current clock time based on the output time zone and return it
based on the output format you specify</li>
</ul>
<p>For additional information on converting dates and times,
see <a href="#HDRUSAGE">Usage Notes</a>.</p>
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<p>None.</p>
<br>
<h3>Required Parameter Group</h3>
<dl>
<dt><strong>Input format</strong></dt>
<dd>INPUT; CHAR(10)
<p>The format of the data you give QWCCVTDT to convert. Valid values are:</p>
<table cellpadding="5">
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<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*CURRENT</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">The current system time.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*DTS</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">System time-stamp. </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*JOB</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">The format given in the DATFMT job
attribute.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*SYSVAL</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">The format given in the QDATFMT system
value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*YMD</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">YYMMDD (year, month, day) format.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*YYMD</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">YYYYMMDD (4-digit year, month, day) format.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*MDY</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">MMDDYY (month, day, year) format.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*MDYY</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">MMDDYYYY (month, day, 4-digit year) format.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*DMY</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">DDMMYY (day, month, year) format.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*DMYY</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">DDMMYYYY (day, month, 4-digit year) format.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*JUL</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Julian format (YYDDD (year, day of year)).</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*LONGJUL</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Long Julian format (YYYYDDD (4-digit year, day of
year)).</td>
</tr>
</table>
</dd>
<dt><strong>Input variable</strong></dt>
<dd>INPUT; CHAR(*)
<p>The data to be converted. If the input format is *CURRENT, then this
parameter is not used. See <a href="#HDRINOUTFMT">Input and Output Variable Formats</a>
to determine the structure of the input variable for all other input formats.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>Output format</strong></dt>
<dd>INPUT; CHAR(10)
<p>The format to convert the data to. Valid values are:</p>
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<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*DTS</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">System time-stamp.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*JOB</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">The format given in the DATFMT job attribute</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*SYSVAL</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">The format given in the QDATFMT system value</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*YMD</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">YYMMDD format</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*YYMD</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">YYYYMMDD format</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*MDY</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">MMDDYY format</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*MDYY</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">MMDDYYYY format</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*DMY</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">DDMMYY format</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*DMYY</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">DDMMYYYY format</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*JUL</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Julian format (YYDDD)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*LONGJUL</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Long Julian format (YYYYDDD)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*DOS</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">DOSGetDateTime format. The *DOS value can be
specified only when *CURRENT or *DTS is specified for the input format
parameter.</td>
</tr>
</table>
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</dd>
<dt><strong>Output variable</strong></dt>
<dd>OUTPUT; CHAR(*)
<p>The converted data. If the output format is *DOS, the first 11 characters
of this parameter are used. For details, see <a href="#HDRDOSVAL">
DOSGetDateTime Value Structure</a>. See <a href="#HDRINOUTFMT">Input and Output Variable Formats</a>
to determine the structure of the output variable for all other output formats.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>Error code</strong></dt>
<dd>I/O; CHAR(*)
<p>The structure in which to return error information. For the format of the
structure, see <a href="../apiref/error.htm#hdrerrcod">Error Code Parameter</a>.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<br>
<h3>Optional Parameter Group 1</h3>
<dl>
<dt><strong>Input time zone</strong></dt>
<dd>INPUT; CHAR(10)
<p>Specifies the time zone associated with the input variable. If the input
format is *CURRENT, then this parameter is not used. The default value
is *SYS. Valid values are:</p>
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<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*SYS</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">The input variable is a local system time value
and the associated time zone is specified by the time zone system value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*UTC</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">The input variable is a Coordinated Universal
Time (UTC) value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*JOB</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">The input variable is a local job time value
and the associated time zone is specified by the time zone job attribute.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>Time zone name</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Specifies the name of a time zone description
(*TIMZON) object.</td>
</tr>
</table>
</dd>
<dt><strong>Output time zone</strong></dt>
<dd>INPUT; CHAR(10)
<p>Specifies the time zone associated with the output variable. The default value
is *SYS. Valid values are:</p>
<table cellpadding="5">
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<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*SYS</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">The output variable is a local system time value
and the associated time zone is specified by the time zone system value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*UTC</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">The output variable is a Coordinated Universal
Time (UTC) value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>*JOB</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">The output variable is a local job time value
and the associated time zone is specified by the time zone job attribute.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>Time zone name</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Specifies the name of a time zone description
(*TIMZON) object.</td>
</tr>
</table>
</dd>
<dt><strong>Time zone information</strong></dt>
<dd>OUTPUT; CHAR(*)
<p>Specifies the time zone information associated with the output time zone.
If 0 is specified for the length of time zone information, then this
parameter is not used. For the format of the structure,
see <a href="#hdrtmzninfo">Time Zone Information Value Structure</a>.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>Length of time zone information</strong></dt>
<dd>INPUT; BIN(4)
<p>Specifies the length of the time zone information to be returned.
The minimum length is 0 which indicates to not return any time zone
information.</p>
</dd>
<dt><strong>Precision indicator</strong></dt>
<dd>INPUT; CHAR(1)
<p>Specifies the precision of the input and output variables.
The default value is 0 or milliseconds. Valid values are:</p>
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<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>0</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">The input and output variables will have a
precision in milliseconds.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>1</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">The input and output variables will have a
precision in microseconds.</td>
</tr>
</table>
</dd>
</dl>
<br>
<h3>Optional Parameter Group 2</h3>
<dl>
<dt><strong>Input time indicator</strong></dt>
<dd>INPUT; CHAR(1)
<p>Specifies which segment of time to use when the input variable has a date and time
value that matches a repeated time. Otherwise, this parameter is not used. Repeated
times occur when time changes from Daylight Saving Time (DST) to Standard Time (ST).
For example, if DST ends on a given day at 02:00AM, then the segment of time from
01:00:00.000000 to 01:59:59.999999 on that day repeats. The first segment of time
is considered in DST and the second segment is considered in ST. The default value
is 1 or use the DST segment. For additional information on this parameter,
see <a href="#HDRUSAGE">Usage Notes</a>.</p>
<table cellpadding="5">
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<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>0</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">The input variable contains a date and time value that is
contained in the second or Standard Time segment.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>1</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">The input variable contains a date and time value that is
contained in the first or Daylight Saving Time segment.</td>
</tr>
</table>
</dd>
</dl>
<br>
<br>
<h3><a name="HDRINOUTFMT">Input and Output Variable Formats</a></h3>
<p>This table shows the format used for the input or output variable parameters.</p>
<table border width="80%">
<tr>
<th align="left" valign="top">Input or Output Format</th>
<th align="left" valign="top">Input or Output Variable</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">*DTS</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">System time-stamp. The first 8 characters are
used.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">*YYMD, *MDYY, *DMYY, *LONGJUL in milliseconds</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">The first 17 characters are used. See <a href=
"#HDRVALSTR17">17-Byte Character Date and Time Value Structure</a>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">All other character formats in milliseconds</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">The first 16 characters are used. See <a href=
"#HDRVALSTR16">16-Byte Character Date and Time Value Structure</a>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">*YYMD, *MDYY, *DMYY, *LONGJUL in microseconds</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">The first 20 characters are used. See <a href=
"#HDRVALSTR20">20-Byte Character Date and Time Value Structure</a>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">All other character formats in microseconds</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">The first 19 characters are used. See <a href=
"#HDRVALSTR19">19-Byte Character Date and Time Value Structure</a>.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<br>
<h3><a name="HDRVALSTR16">16-Byte Character Date and Time Value
Structure</a></h3>
<p>This table shows the structure used for the input and output variables when
the format is *JOB, *SYSVAL, *YMD, *MDY, *DMY, and *JUL and the precision
indicator specifies milliseconds.</p>
<table border width="80%">
<tr>
<th align="left" valign="top">Offset</th>
<th align="left" valign="top">Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">0</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="90%">Century. Possible values are 0, which
indicates years 19<em>xx</em>, 1, which indicates years 20<em>xx</em>
and so forth through 9, which indicates years 28<em>xx</em>.
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">1-6</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Date, left-justified. This value cannot be all
blanks or all zeros. Left-justify Julian dates, using blanks to fill the
space.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">7-12</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Time, in HHMMSS (hours, minutes, seconds)
format.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">13-15</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Milliseconds. This value cannot be blanks.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<br>
<h3><a name="HDRVALSTR17">17-Byte Character Date and Time Value
Structure</a></h3>
<p>This table shows the structure used for the input and output variables when
the format is *YYMD, *MDYY, *DMYY, and *LONGJUL
and the precision indicator specifies milliseconds.</p>
<table border width="80%">
<tr>
<th align="left" valign="top">Offset</th>
<th align="left" valign="top">Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">0-7</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="90%">Date, left-justified. This value
cannot be all blanks or all zeros. Left-justify Julian dates, using blanks to
fill the space.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">8-13</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Time, in HHMMSS (hours, minutes, seconds)
format.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">14-16</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Milliseconds. This value cannot be blanks.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<h3><a name="HDRVALSTR19">19-Byte Character Date and Time Value
Structure</a></h3>
<p>This table shows the structure used for the input and output variables when
the format is *JOB, *SYSVAL, *YMD, *MDY, *DMY, and *JUL and the precision
indicator specifies microseconds.</p>
<table border width="80%">
<tr>
<th align="left" valign="top">Offset</th>
<th align="left" valign="top">Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">0</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="90%">Century. Possible values are 0, which
indicates years 19<em>xx</em>, 1, which indicates years 20<em>xx</em>
and so forth through 9, which indicates years 28<em>xx</em>.
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">1-6</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Date, left-justified. This value cannot be all
blanks or all zeros. Left-justify Julian dates, using blanks to fill the
space.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">7-12</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Time, in HHMMSS (hours, minutes, seconds)
format.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">13-18</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Microseconds. This value cannot be blanks.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<br>
<h3><a name="HDRVALSTR20">20-Byte Character Date and Time Value
Structure</a></h3>
<p>This table shows the structure used for the input and output variables when
the format is *YYMD, *MDYY, *DMYY, and *LONGJUL and the precision
indicator specifies microseconds..</p>
<table border width="80%">
<tr>
<th align="left" valign="top">Offset</th>
<th align="left" valign="top">Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">0-7</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="90%">Date, left-justified. This value
cannot be all blanks or all zeros. Left-justify Julian dates, using blanks to
fill the space.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">8-13</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Time, in HHMMSS (hours, minutes, seconds)
format.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">14-19</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Microseconds. This value cannot be blanks.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<br>
<h3><a name="HDRDOSVAL">DOSGetDateTime Value Structure</a></h3>
<p>This table shows the structure used for the output variable.</p>
<table border width="80%">
<tr>
<th align="left" valign="top">Offset</th>
<th align="left" valign="top">Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="10%">0</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="90%">Hours (0-23)<sup>1</sup></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">1</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Minutes (0-59)<sup>1</sup></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">2</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Seconds (0-59)<sup>1</sup></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">3</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Hundredths of seconds (0-99)<sup>1</sup></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">4</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Day (1-31)<sup>1</sup></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">5</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Month (1-12)<sup>1</sup></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">6-7</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Year (for example, 1995)<sup>2</sup></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">8-9</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Time zone offset (in minutes)<sup>2, 3</sup></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">10</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Day of the week, where 0 is Sunday (0-6)<sup>1</sup></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><strong>Notes:</strong>
<table>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><sup>1</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">A 1-byte integer.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><sup>2</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">A 2-byte integer.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><sup>3</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">This is the negative value of the
offset associated with the specified output time zone. If *UTC is
specified for the output time zone, then this value will be 0. If an output
time zone is not specified, then this is the negative value of the
system value QUTCOFFSET.</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<br>
<h3><a name="hdrtmzninfo">Time Zone Information Value Structure</a></h3>
<p>This table shows the structure used for the time zone information output
parameter. If *UTC is specified for the output time zone, or if
the input and output time zone parameter values are the same and the input variable
contains a date that is outside the supported date range
(from August 25, 1928, 00:00:00.000000 to May 09, 2071, 00:00:00.000000),
then all binary fields will be set to 0 and all character fields will be set to blanks.
</p>
<table border width="80%">
<tr>
<th align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="2">Offset</th>
<th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2">Type</th>
<th align="left" valign="bottom" rowspan="2">Field</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th align="center" valign="bottom">Dec</th>
<th align="center" valign="bottom">Hex</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top" width="10%">0</td>
<td align="center" valign="top" width="10%">0</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="20%">BINARY(4)</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="60%">Bytes returned</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top">4</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">4</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">BINARY(4)</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Bytes available</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top">8</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">8</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">CHAR(10)</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Time zone description name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top">18</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">12</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">CHAR(1)</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Reserved</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top">19</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">13</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">CHAR(1)</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Current Daylight Saving Time indicator</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top">20</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">14</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">BINARY(4)</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Current offset</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top">24</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">18</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">CHAR(50)</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Current full name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top">74</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">4A</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">CHAR(10)</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Current abbreviated name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top">84</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">54</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">CHAR(7)</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Current message identifier</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top">91</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">5B</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">CHAR(10)</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Message file name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" valign="top">101</td>
<td align="center" valign="top">65</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">CHAR(10)</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Message file library</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<h3>Field Descriptions</h3>
<p><strong>Bytes available.</strong> The number of bytes of data available to be
returned. All available data is returned if enough space is provided.</p>
<p><strong>Bytes returned.</strong> The number of bytes of data returned.</p>
<p><strong>Current abbreviated name.</strong> The abbreviated, or short, name for
the time zone. This field will contain either the Standard Time or Daylight Saving
Time abbreviated name depending on whether or not Daylight Saving Time is in effect.
If the time zone description uses a message to specify the current abbreviated name
and the message cannot be retrieved, this field returns *N. This can occur when the
caller of the API is not authorized to the message file or its library, the
message file cannot be found or the message does not exist in the message file.</p>
<p><strong>Current Daylight Saving Time indicator.</strong> Indicates
whether or not the output date and time (output variable converted based on the output
time zone) is observing Daylight Saving Time or not.
Valid values that are returned are:</p>
<table cellpadding="5">
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<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>0</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Daylight Saving Time is not being observed (Standard Time).</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top"><em>1</em></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Daylight Saving Time is being observed.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p><strong>Current full name.</strong> The full, or long, name for the time zone.
This field will contain either the Standard Time or Daylight Saving Time full name
depending on whether or not Daylight Saving Time is in effect.
If the time zone description uses a message to specify the current full name
and the message cannot be retrieved, this field returns *N. This can occur when the
caller of the API is not authorized to the message file or its library, the
message file cannot be found or the message does not exist in the
message file.</p>
<p><strong>Current message identifier.</strong> The identifier of the message
that contains the current full and abbreviated names. This field will be
*NONE if a message was not specified when the time zone description was created.</p>
<p><strong>Current offset.</strong> The time difference, in minutes, between the output time zone and
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This value has been adjusted for Daylight Saving Time, if necessary.
</p>
<p><strong>Message file library.</strong> The name of the library that contains
the message file. The field will contain all blanks if the current message identifier
is *NONE.</p>
<p><strong>Message file name.</strong> The name of the file that contains
the current message. The field will contain *NONE if the current message identifier
is *NONE.</p>
<p><strong>Reserved.</strong> An unused field.</p>
<p><strong>Time zone description name.</strong> The name of the time zone description that
is associated with the output time zone. If *SYS or *JOB was specified for the output time zone
and a time zone has not been set for the Time zone (QTIMZON) system value, this field
returns *N.</p>
<br>
<h3><a name="HDRUSAGE">Usage Notes</a></h3>
<p>When converting an input date from a 2-digit year format to a *DTS time-stamp format without time
zone conversion, the supported date range is from
August 23, 1928, 12:03:06.314752 (.315 for milliseconds) to
May 10, 2071, 11:56:53.685240 (.685 for milliseconds). Converting
an input date that is outside this range will result in an output date within this range.</p>
<p>When converting an input date from a 4-digit year format to a *DTS time-stamp format without time
zone conversion, the supported date range is from
August 24, 1928, 00:00:00.000000 to May 09, 2071, 23:59:59.999999 (.999 for milliseconds).
Converting an input date that is outside this range will result in error message CPF1060.</p>
<p>When converting an input date from a 4-digit year format to a 2-digit year format without time
zone conversion, the supported date range is from
January 1, 1900, 00:00:00.000000 to December 31, 2899, 23:59:59.999999 (.999 for milliseconds).
Converting an input date that is outside this range will result in error message CPF1060.</p>
<p>When converting an input date from a 4-digit year format to a 4-digit year format without time
zone conversion, the supported date range is from
January 1, 0001, 00:00:00.000000 to December 31, 9999, 23:59:59.999999 (.999 for milliseconds).
Converting an input date that is outside this range will result in error message CPF1060.</p>
<p>When converting an input date from 2-digit year format to a 2-digit year format without time
zone conversion, the supported date range is from
January 1, 1900, 00:00:00.000000 to December 31, 2899, 23:59:59.999999 (.999 for milliseconds).
The century digit of the input variable is copied into the output variable without validation.</p>
<p>When converting an input date from 2-digit year format to a 4-digit year format without time
zone conversion, the supported date range is from
January 1, 1900, 00:00:00.000000 to December 31, 2899, 23:59:59.999999 (.999 for milliseconds).
</p>
<p>When converting an input date from a *DTS time-stamp format to an output date of any format without time
zone conversion, the supported date range is from
August 23, 1928, 12:03:06.314752 (.315 for milliseconds) to May 10, 2071, 11:56:53.685240 (.685 for milliseconds).</p>
<p>When converting an input date of any format to an output date of any format that involves
time zone conversion as well, the supported date range is from
August 25, 1928, 00:00:00.000000 to May 08, 2071, 23:59:59.999999 (.999 for milliseconds).
Converting an input date that is outside this range will result in error message CPF1060.</p>
<p>When moving from Standard Time (ST) to Daylight Saving Time (DST) there is
a window of time (1 hour) that does not occur. Any time zone conversion where
the input variable date and time value is within this window will result in error message
CPF1060.</p>
<p>When moving from Daylight Saving Time (DST) to Standard Time there is
a window of time (1 hour) that repeats. For example, if DST ends on a given day at 02:00AM,
then the segment of time from 01:00:00.000000 to 01:59:59.999999 on that day repeats.
The first segment of repeated time is the DST segment. The second segment of
repeated time is the Standard Time segment. It is possible using time zone conversion
to have the output variable date and time value end up in either segment.
If you are retrieving time zone information, the current Daylight Saving Time
indicator will be set accordingly. By default, for any time zone conversion the
input variable that is within this window of time that repeats is considered part
of the DST segment. However, you can use the optional Input time indicator parameter
to cause the input variable to be considered within the Standard Time segment. You can copy the
resultant current DST indicator into the Input time indicator parameter when converting
back and forth between time zones. For example, when converting a date and time value from
*UTC to time zone A, the resultant time is 01:15:00 AM and the current DST indicator
returned is 0, which means the resultant time is Standard Time. In order to obtain the
original *UTC value when converting back to *UTC from time zone A, the current DST indicator
value should be copied to the Input time indicator parameter. This will cause the
date and time value to be treated as Standard Time rather than as the default,
Daylight Saving Time.</p>
<p>You can convert any input format except *CURRENT to the same output format
without receiving an error (time zone conversion is not specified, or if specified,
the input and output time zone parameter values must be the same and the
time zone information length must be 0 as well).
For these cases, the input variable is copied into the
output variable without validation.</p>
<p>When converting one character date format (that is, anything other than
*CURRENT, the current machine-clock time, *DTS, the system time-stamp, or any
specified time zone conversion) to another character date format, the date
information is validated and converted. However, the time portion of the
input variable is copied into the output variable without validation. </p>
<p>When requesting time zone conversion with different input and output time zone
values, or when requesting time zone information,
the time portion is validated and converted as well as the date portion.</p>
<p>When converting a character date and time value to *DTS and back to
character format using microseconds precision, there is a rounding error of
minus 1 to minus 7 microseconds. If you specify a precision of microseconds,
it is recommended that you use a microsecond value that is evenly divisible by 8.</p>
<br>
<br>
<h3>Error Messages</h3>
<table width="100%" cellpadding="5">
<!-- cols="15 85" -->
<tr>
<th align="left" valign="top" nowrap>Message ID</th>
<th align="left" valign="top">Error Message Text</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">CPF1060 E</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Date not valid.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">CPF1061 E</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Time not valid.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">CPF1848 E</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Century digit &amp;1 not valid.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">CPF1849 E</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
Millisecond or microsecond
value not valid.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">CPF1850 E</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Format &amp;1 not valid</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">CPF24B4 E</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Severe error while addressing parameter
list.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">CPF3C36 E</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
Number of parameters, &amp;1, for API not valid.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">CPF3C3C E</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Value for parameter &amp;1 not valid.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">CPF3C90 E</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Literal value cannot be changed.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">CPF3CF1 E</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Error code parameter not valid.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">CPF9872 E</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Program or service program &amp;1 in library
&amp;2 ended. Reason code &amp;3.</td>
</tr>
</table>
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