Time and date

Table 1. System variables: Time and date
Name	Pool	Type	Len	Description
ZDATE	shr	non	8	Current date. The format of ZDATE depends on the current national language (see ZDATEF and ZDATEFD).
ZDATEF	shr	non	8	Current national language date format using the characters DD for day, MM for month, and YY for year. ZDATEF contains the national language delimiter. For example, DD/MM/YY, YY/MM/DD, MM.DD.YY. For countries that use a delimiter other than a slash (/), that delimiter replaces the slash in the date representation.
ZDATEFD	shr	non	8	The date format as described under ZDATEF but with the national language convention instead of DD, MM, and YY.
ZDATESTD	shr	non	8	Current date with a 4-digit year (YYYY/MM/DD). The format of ZDATESTD depends on the current national language (see ZDATEF and ZDATEFD).
ZDAYOFWK	shr	non	8	The name of the day of the week.
ZDAY	shr	non	2	Day of month (2 characters)
ZJDATE	shr	non	6	Day-of-year date (format yy.ddd)
ZJ4DATE	shr	non	8	Day-of-year date (format yyyy.ddd)
ZMONTH	shr	non	2	Month of year (2 characters)
ZSTDYEAR	shr	non	4	All 4 digits of the current year (4 characters).
ZTIME	shr	non	5	Time of day (format hh:mm)
ZTIMEL	shr	non		Time of day (format hh:mm:ss:TQ —where T is tenths of a second, and Q is hundredths)
ZYEAR	shr	non	2	Year (2 characters)

The current date is displayed in the appropriate format for the session language, where DD=DAY, MM=MONTH, and YY=YEAR. For countries that use a delimiter other than a slash (/), that delimiter replaces the slash in the date representation.