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PI14728: Date/time/timestamp masks do not work with code pages that do not support lower case letters

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • Date/time/timestamp masks do not work with code pages that do
    not support lower case letters
    

Local fix

Problem summary

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    The problem is that date/time/timestamp formats defined in
    EGL carry with them an internal description which is a
    subset of this mask: yyyyMMddHHmmssffffff. When calling the
    runtime libraries, the mask for the variable is passed as
    one of the arguments. For code pages that do not support
    lower case letters (JPN 930 is the only one I know of), the
    mask's value got altered when the cobol source was
    transmitted to the mainframe. This caused the runtime
    function to fail, because the mask is not correct.
    

Problem conclusion

  • The software has been modified to use cobol hex value for
    the mask that represents the characters. This does not
    change the logic of the call in any way, the software merely
    uses a hex move statement instead of character, and since
    the hex is coded with the desired values, the proper mask
    value is made.
    A fixtest is available.
    

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

  • APAR number

    PI14728

  • Reported component name

    RATL BUS DEV

  • Reported component ID

    5724S5000

  • Reported release

    850

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt

  • Submitted date

    2014-03-28

  • Closed date

    2014-09-25

  • Last modified date

    2014-09-25

  • APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  • APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    RATL BUS DEV

  • Fixed component ID

    5724S5000

Applicable component levels

  • R850 PSN

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Document Information

Modified date:
25 September 2014