Core Datetime

GnuCOBOL 3.x core library with datetime functions

Usage

Install and initialize COBOL Package Manager:

$ npm install -g cobolget
$ cobolget init

Add the package to the Manifest:

$ cobolget add core-datetime
$ cobolget update

Install the package and its dependencies:

$ cobolget install
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Copybook modules.cpy updated.

Directory modules contains complete COBOL source-code and modules.cpy Copybook ready for inclusion into your project.

Documentation

See coboldoc documentation.

Core Datetime

GnuCOBOL 2.x core library with datetime functions

Usage

Install and initialize COBOL Package Manager:

$ npm install -g cobolget
$ cobolget init

Add the package to the Manifest:

$ cobolget add core-datetime
$ cobolget update

Install the package and its dependencies:

$ cobolget install
....
Copybook modules.cpy updated.

Directory modules contains complete COBOL source-code and modules.cpy Copybook ready for inclusion into your project.

Documentation

See coboldoc documentation.

Datetime

GnuCOBOL core library with datetime functions

datetime-format

Format the given or current timestamp, replacing the tokens, such as

YY Year 18
YYYY Year 2018
M Month of the year (1-12) 7
MM Month of the year (01-12) 07
MMM Month of the year textual Jul
D Day of the month (1-31) 9
DD Day of the month (01-31) 09
DDD Day of the year (01-366) 07
WW Week of the year (01-53) 05
U Weekday (1-7) 2
EEE Weekday textual Tue
h Hour of the day (0-23) 5
hh Hour of the day (00-23) 05
m Minute of the hour (0-59) 9
mm Minute of the hour (00-59) 09
s Second of the minute (0-59) 4
ss Second of the minute (00-59) 04
z Timezone GMT-08:00
x Timezone ISO 8601 -08:00

• @param l-format 32-char long string
• @param l-timestamp 21-char long current-date or ZERO
• @return Formatted timestamp trailing by spaces, 32-char long

Datetime

GnuCOBOL core library with datetime functions