StringFirstDateTime (Journal property)

Datetime stamp from the first entry in the journal stream (Journal class)

Syntax

%string = journal:StringFirstDateTime

Syntax terms

%string	An EBCDIC string variable to receive the starting datetime of the contents of the journal object. This 14-character value is in CYYDDDHHMISSXX format: CYY year - 1900 DDD Julian day number HH hour MI minutes SS seconds XX hundredths of seconds
journal	A reference to an instance of a Journal object.

Usage notes

• If you want to use the result of this method as, or in connection with, the StartTime parameter of the AppendJournalData function, be sure to remove the leading century indicator, because that parameter must be specified in YYDDDHHMISSXX format.

  For example, you can use the intrinsic Substring function, as shown in the "test for time values that are out of range" in "Journal example".

See also

Journal class	List of Journal methods	Journal methods syntax
Notation conventions for methods