Retention date format

DFSMSrmm displays retention date in date format as shown in Table 1 or with DFSMSrmm special date formats.

Table 1. Retention date format displayed
Language	Format	Example
American	mm/dd/yyyy	12/15/1994
European	dd/mm/yyyy	15/12/1994
Iso	yyyy/mm/dd	1994/12/15
Julian	yyyy/ddd	1994/349

where mm is the two digit number for the month, dd is the two digit number for the day, ddd is the three digit number for the day, and yyyy is the four digit number for the year. DFSMSrmm uses a null date for volumes that are never retained by vital record specifications.