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UIB-DATE-TIME-STAMP VALUE different with 15.1
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Issue/Introduction
Why is the CA Datacom support for Metacobol Version 15.1 generated UIB-DATE-TIME-STAMP VALUE different than with CA MetaCOBOL+ Version 1.1?
For example, when the translation was run on April 8,2018:
Version 15.1 generated: 02 UIB-DATE-TIME-STAMP PIC S9(05) COMP-3 VALUE +42036.
Version 1.1 generated: 02 UIB-DATE-TIME-STAMP PIC S9(05) COMP-3 VALUE +82057.
Cause
A solution was needed for 15.1 to the DLM macro (MCT#DLM).
According to the CA Datacom® support for MetaCOBOL - 15.1 documentation section on "Other Generated Data-Names":