The Calendar view, shown in Figure 1, displays the calendar for the current month in the status area.

   Menu  Utilities  Compilers  Options  Status  Help
 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
                            ISPF Primary Option Menu

 0  Settings      Terminal and user parameters            <     Calendar     >
 1  View          Display source data or listings            January   2003
 2  Edit          Create or change source data            Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
 3  Utilities     Perform utility functions                         1  2  3  4
 4  Foreground    Interactive language processing          5  6  7  8  9 10 11
 5  Batch         Submit job for language processing      12 13 14 15 16 17 18
 6  Command       Enter TSO or Workstation commands       19 20 21 22 23 24 25
 7  Dialog Test   Perform dialog testing                  26 27 28 29 30 31
 9  IBM Products  IBM program development products
 10 SCLM          SW Configuration Library Manager        Time . . . . : 05:00
 11 Workplace     ISPF Object/Action Workplace            Day of year. :   135
 12 z/OS System   z/OS system programmer applications
 13 z/OS User     z/OS user applications

      Enter X to Terminate using Log/List defaults


 Option ===>                                                                   
  F1=Help      F2=Split     F3=Exit      F7=Backward  F8=Forward   F9=Swap
 F10=Actions  F12=Cancel

All of the fields on the calendar are point-and-shoot fields that function as follows:

If you select

ISPF displays

<

the previous month.

calendar

the current month.

>

the next month.

Month, e.g. July

the Calendar Month pop-up. Allows you to specify the month. See Customizing the calendar for details.

Year, e.g. 2003

the Calendar Year pop-up. Allows you to specify the year. See Customizing the calendar for details.

Day

the Calendar Start Day pop-up. Allows you to specify Saturday, Sunday, or Monday as the start day for the calendar. See Customizing the calendar for details.

Date

the Julian Date pop-up. Provides the Julian date for the date selected.

Figure 2. Julian date pop-up

   Menu  Utilities  Compilers  Options  Status  Help
 ─ ┌──────────────── Julian Date ────────────────┐ ────────────────────────────
   │                                             │ u
   │                                             │
 0 │ 2003/01/24  is day  024  of year  2003      │        <     Calendar     >
 1 │                                             │           January   2003
 2 │                                             │        Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
 3 │  F1=Help    F2=Split   F3=Exit    F9=Swap   │               1  2  3  4  5
 4 │ F12=Cancel                                  │         6  7  8  9 10 11 12
 5 └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ g      13 14 15 16 17 18 19
 6  Command       Enter TSO or Workstation commands       20 21 22 23 24 25 26
 7  Dialog Test   Perform dialog testing                  27 28 29 30 31
 9  IBM Products  IBM program development products
 10 SCLM          SW Configuration Library Manager        Time . . . . : 13:42
 11 Workplace     ISPF Object/Action Workplace            Day of year. :   024
 12 z/OS System   z/OS system programmer applications
 13 z/OS User     z/OS user applications

      Enter X to Terminate using Log/List defaults


 Option ===>
  F1=Help      F2=Split     F3=Exit      F7=Backward  F8=Forward   F9=Swap
 F10=Actions  F12=Cancel

Time

the Calendar Time Format pop-up. Allows you to specify a 12-hour or 24-hour time format for the calendar. See Customizing the calendar for details.

Day of year

the Standard Date pop-up. Provides the standard date for the day specified in the popup (defaults to the date selected in the calendar).

Figure 3. Standard date pop-up

   Menu  Utilities  Compilers  Options  Status  Help
 ─ ┌───────────────────────── Standard Date ──────────────────────────┐ ───────
   │                                                                  │
   │                                                                  │
 0 │ Enter the day and year below:                                    │      >
 1 │                                                                  │ 003
 2 │ Day . . . . 024   (Between 1 and 365 or 366 if leap year)        │  Sa Su
 3 │ Year  . . . 2003  (Between 1801 and 2099)                        │   4  5
 4 │                                                                  │  11 12
 5 │ Day  024  of year  2003  is  Friday        ,  2003/01/24         │  18 19
 6 │                                                                  │  25 26
 7 │                                                                  │
 9 │  F1=Help      F2=Split     F3=Exit      F7=Backward  F8=Forward  │
 1 │  F9=Swap     F12=Cancel                                          │  13:47
 1 └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘    024

      Enter X to Terminate using Log/List defaults




 Option ===>
  F1=Help      F2=Split     F3=Exit      F7=Backward  F8=Forward   F9=Swap
 F10=Actions  F12=Cancel