HLASM: V1R6 Language Ref

&SYSDATC System Variable SymbolYYYYMMDDwhere:YYYY is four-digit field that gives the year, including the century. It has a valuebetween 0000 and 9999, inclusive.MM is two-digit field that gives the month of the year. It has a value between01 and 12, inclusive.DD is two-digit field that gives the day of the month. It has a value between 01and 31, inclusive.Example:20000328Notes:1. The date corresponds to the date printed in the page heading of listings andremains constant for each assembly.2. The value of the type attribute of &SYSDATC (T'&SYSDATC) is always N.3. The value of the count attribute (K'&SYSDATC) is always 8.&SYSDATE System Variable SymbolUse &SYSDATE to obtain the date, in standard format, on which your sourcemodule is assembled. &SYSDATE has a global scope.The value of &SYSDATE is an 8-character string in the format:MM/DD/YYwhere:MM is a two-digit field that gives the month of the year. It has a value between01 and 12, inclusive.DD is a two-digit field that gives the day of the month. It has a value between01 and 31, inclusive. It is separated from MM by a slash.YY is a two-digit field that gives the year of the century. It has a valuebetween 00 and 99, inclusive. It is separated from DD by a slash.Example:07/11/08Notes:1. The date corresponds to the date printed in the page heading of listings andremains constant for each assembly.2. The value of the type attribute of &SYSDATE (T'&SYSDATE) is always U.3. The value of the count attribute (K'&SYSDATE) is always 8.&SYSECT System Variable SymbolUse &SYSECT in a macro definition to generate the name of the current controlsection. The current control section is the control section in which the macroinstruction that calls the definition appears. You can’t use &SYSECT in open code.The local-scope system variable symbol &SYSECT is assigned a read-only valueeach time a macro definition is called.264 HLASM: V1R6 Language Ref