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Other Available Functions

Shown in the following table is a list of some of the other AutoEdit functions available, besides %%$CALCDTE and %%$JULIAN. They are described in detail in the Control-M for z/OS User Guide.

Note: All date-related functions with a $ symbol, that is, those beginning %%$, require and return 4-character years, in format yyyy.

Table 12 Other AutoEdit Functions

Function

Description

%%$GREG

Converts a Julian date to a Gregorian date.

%%$LEAP

Determines whether a specified Gregorian date falls in a leap year.

%%$WCALC

Performs a shift from the specified date to a working date in the specified calendar, according to indicated instructions.

%%$WEEK#

Calculates in which of weeks 1 through 53 a specified date falls. The function uses the site-defined start of the week—Sunday or Monday— as the first day of each week, and assumes that January 1st falls in the first week.

%%$WEEKDAY

Calculates on which day of the week a specified date falls. The resolved value is an integer from 1 through 6, or 0, where 1 corresponds to the first day of the week—Sunday or Monday, depending on the site-standard—and 0 corresponds to the last day of the week, either Saturday or Sunday.

%%$YEARWK#

Calculates in which of weeks 1 through 53 a specified date falls, and returns the year and the week number according to ISO8601 standards. The function uses the site-defined start of the week—Sunday or Monday— as the first day of each week, and assumes that the first week is the week that includes January 4th.

%%SUBSTR

Extracts a substring from a string.

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