Time stamp format for DBRC requests
Time stamps that are associated with DBRC requests (either input or output) follow a packed decimal UTC time format. DBRC ignores the value of the offset field in time stamps that are provided on Query requests.
The time stamp is in the following format:
yyyydddFhhmmssthmijufqqsWhere:
- yyyy
- year (0000 to 9999)
- ddd
- day (000 to 366)
- F
- Hexadecimal character for padding purposes (X'F')
- hh
- hour (0 to 23)
- mm
- minute (0 to 59)
- ss
- second (0 to 59)
- thmiju
- millionths of a second (microseconds, 000000 to 999999)
- fqqs
- Time zone offset:
- f
- Flag bits, normally 0 for UTC representation
- Quarter hours (32/4=8)
- s
- Sign (D is negative, C is positive)