Predefined variables

Use these variables to obtain information about the current CICS environment. The following descriptions of predefined variables show variable characters in uppercase, to indicate that these exact characters must be specified for that variable.

CDATE (Day Date Month, Year)

This variable passes the current date in the form:

Thursday 12th September, 2006

It can be used to look for certain conditions on a specific day of the week or month, or to print a more descriptive title. An example follows:

ZDATE (mm/dd/yyyy)

The ZDATE variable passes the current date, expressed as mm/dd/yyyy. An example follows:

ZTIME (hh:mm:ss)

The ZTIME variable passes the current time, expressed as hh:mm:ss. An example follows:

The following section describes how to create PRL CICS performance reports.