VERSION command

The VERSION command is used to query the version of GIMAPI module being accessed by the calling program.

The version is returned as 8 bytes worth of data representing the current version of SMP/E in the format vvrrmmpp, where:
vv
version
rr
release
mm
modification level
pp
PTF

The version of IBM SMP/E for z/OS, V3R6 is displayed as 36.00. This translates to an 8 byte value of "03060000".