AT DATE command (COBOL)

Gives z/OS® Debugger control for each date processing statement within the specified block. A date processing statement is a statement that references a date field, or an EVALUATE or SEARCH statement WHEN phrase that references a date field.

*: Sets a breakpoint at every date processing statement.
command: A valid z/OS Debugger command.

Usage notes

When you use AT DATE, execution is halted only for COBOL compile units compiled with the DATEPROC compiler option.
The AT DATE command cannot be used while you replay recorded statements by using the PLAYBACK commands.

Examples

Each time a date processing statement is encountered in the nested subprogram subrx, display the location of the statement.
```
AT DATE subrx QUERY LOCATION;
```
Each time a date processing statement is encountered in the compile unit, display the name of the compile unit.
```
AT DATE * LIST %CU;
```
Each time a date processing statement is encountered in the compile unit, display the location of the statement, list a specific variable, and resume running the program.
```
AT DATE * PERFORM
   QUERY LOCATION;
   LIST DATE-FIELD
   GO;
END-PERFORM;
```

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