PCFO Entry

The PCFO entry is optional. PCFO is a keyword that identifies this record as containing information about the date and time formats, time stamp, and separator characters for applicable formats. It must appear only once and must start in column 1, after the PCFT record and before any PCFL records. If there is no PCFO entry, the information or characters assigned as defaults for the host system are used.

Table 1 shows the valid time formats.

Table 1. Time Formats
Indicator	Format Name	Time Format
1	HMS	hh:mm:ss
2	ISO - International Standards Organization	hh.mm.ss
3	USA - USA standard	hh:mm AM or PM
4	EUR - European	hh.mm.ss
5	JIS - Japanese Industrial Standard Christian Era	hh:mm:ss
6	DDS	Format given by iSeries, eServer™ i5, or System i5® file attribute
7	DFT	Host job default is used
*	Unspecified	Host job default is used

Table 2 shows the valid time separators.

Table 2. Time Separators
Indicator	Separator
1	Colon (`:`)
2	Period (`.`)
3	Comma (`,`)
4	Blank ( )
5	Null (`N`)
6	Default (`D`) (host job default)
*	Unspecified (host job default)

Table 3 shows the valid date formats.

Table 3. Date Formats
Indicator	Format Name	Date Format
1	MDY	mm/dd/yy
2	DMY	dd/mm/yy
3	YMD	yy/mm/dd
4	Julian	yy/ddd
5	ISO	yyyy-mm-dd
6	USA	mm/dd/yyyy
7	EUR	dd.mm.yyyy
8	JIS	yyyy-mm-dd
9	DDS	Format given by iSeries, eServer i5, or System i5 file attribute
10	DFT	Host job default is used
*	Unspecified	Host job default is used

Table 4 shows the valid date separators.

Table 4. Date Separators
Indicator	Separator
1	Slash (`/`)
2	Dash (`–`)
3	Period (`.`)
4	Comma (`,`)
5	Blank ( )
6	Null (`N`)
7	Default (`D`) (host job default)
*	Unspecified (host job default used)

Table 5 shows the valid decimal separators.

Table 5. Decimal Separators
Indicator	Separator
1	Period (`.`)
2	Comma (`,`)
*	Unspecified (workstation default used)

Following is an example of a PCFO entry:

PCFO 1,1,1,1,1 OPTIONS SETTINGS