Changes to options on EXEC CICS WEB commands

The DATESTRING and STRINGFORMAT options are added to the FORMATTIME command to return a date and time stamp in a format for use on the Internet.

FORMATTIME

The DATESTRING and STRINGFORMAT options are added to the EXEC CICS FORMATTIME command. These options enable you to convert a date and time stamp in ABSTIME format to an architected date and time stamp string. The only format provided by the STRINGFORMAT option at present is the format that complies with the RFC 1123 standard, which is suitable for use on the Internet.

DATESTRING(data-area)
specifies the 64-character user field where CICS® is to return the architected date and time stamp string in the format specified by the STRINGFORMAT option. If STRINGFORMAT is not specified, the default format provided is the RFC 1123 format (RFC1123).
STRINGFORMAT(cvda)
specifies the format for the architected date and time stamp string returned in DATESTRING. The only CVDA value available at present is:
RFC1123
specifies the RFC 1123 format, which is suitable for use on the Internet. This date and time stamp string contains the day, date, and 24-hour clock time at GMT, for example "Tue, 01 Apr 2003 10:01:02 GMT".