Re: DSECT for MVS PDS vol def block?

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From: Michael Quinlan
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 00:00

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edjaffe@netcom.com (Edward E. Jaffe) wrote:

>
>In OS/390 V1R3.0 ISPF Dialog Developer's Guide and Reference, topic
>"C.2.4", I see:=20
>
>[------------------------- Begin IBM Documentation =
----------------------]
> C.2.4  ISPF Statistics Entry in a PDS Directory
>
> [...snipped...]
>
>   9-12     Date last modified:
>
>            Byte 9     Reserved for future IBM use
>            Byte 10-12 Julian date, in packed decimal format

Does this mean that ISPF is not Y2K compliant? 3 packed bytes only allows
for 5 digits (i.e. the old YY.DDD format). Or does byte 9 have the =
century
indicator?

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From: mikeq@primenet.com (Michael Quinlan)
Subject: Re: DSECT for MVS PDS vol def block?
Date: 1997/08/04
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