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BillyBoyo wrote:Which sort product are you using?

skankatala wrote:Hi......

When I am using //Symnames in DFSORT
I am able to define the Current day string using system symbols as CURRDATE,S'&LYR4..&LJDAY'

How to define previous day using the system symbols in the above format (i.e. YY.DDD) ?

NicC wrote:Why not post in the appropriate section of the forum for your sort product? This is NOT a JCL question.

skolusu wrote:if your intention is to get the current day-1 then you can use date3-1 which will give you the desired results.

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//STEP0100 EXEC PGM=SORT         
//SYSOUT   DD SYSOUT=*           
//SORTIN   DD *                 
ABC                             
//SORTOUT  DD SYSOUT=*           
//SYSIN    DD *                 
  SORT FIELDS=COPY               
  INREC OVERLAY=(10:DATE3(.)-1) 
//*

the output of this is

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----+----1----+----2
ABC      2012.033