Timestamp Data Type
Timestamp fields have a predetermined size and format. They can be defined on the definition specification. Timestamp data must be in the form YYYY-MM-DD-hh-mm, optionally followed by 1 to 12 fractional seconds.
DCL-S ts1 TIMESTAMP;
DCL-S ts2 TIMESTAMP(3);
D ts3 S Z
D ts4 S 27Z
D ts5 S Z 2
You can specify between 0 and 12 fractional seconds for timestamp literals. However, timestamp literals have between 6 and 12 fractional seconds. If fewer than 6 fractional seconds are specified for a literal, the timestamp will be padded on the right with zeros so that it has 6 fractional seconds. See Literals for more information about timestamp literals.
Leading zeros are required for all timestamp data.
The default initialization value for a timestamp is midnight of January 1, 0001 (0001-01-01-00.00.00 with zero fractional seconds). The *HIVAL value for a timestamp is 9999-12-31-24.00.00 with zero fractional seconds. The *LOVAL value for timestamp is 0001-01-01-00.00.00 with zero fractional seconds.