Adding and Subtracting Time Stamps in Military Time

[couchman02]

Rookie programmer here, I'm pulling a file that includes time stamps of when a customer logs on and off each day, I'm trying to get a total for each customer each day. The stamp is in military time. Is there a function I could use to convert it so I can add them? I know I'm not the first person to encounter this I'm just trying to keep down my total lines of code. Any suggestions/response highly appreciated.

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[slade]

Hi Cman,

Two things: what's your environment (compiler lvl, opsys, hdware, etc).
Are you using DB2?

Jack

 

[couchman02]

Thanks for reply Slade,
I'm using Cobol 370 on the mainframe as the compiler and I'm not using Db2. It's just a file coming down from Stratus/V.O.S server thats being sent to a flat file on the mainframe.

 

[RonaldB]

Couchman,

not being a military man: what does military time look like ?

Regards,
Ronald.

 

[slade]

Hi Ron,

It's obvious you don't watch JAG. The current time is 1600 Zulu. That's 4:00PM to you non-JAGers.

Regards, Jack

My current & future apologies - I know you prefer Ronald, but I'm lazy. Have mercy.

 

[couchman02]

Well guys you can scratch my original question I think I got it figured out and sorry it was a vague description on military time it's really Zulu (thanks slade).

 

[RonaldB]

Couchman,

many times, explaining your problem to someone else is enough to give yourself the insight you need to solve it. So: your welcome !

Jack,

"Ron" is fine; you're no lazier than many of the people i know. And, Zulu time means 24 hour notation, but without the colon. Okay, got that ! (And no, i hardly watch JAG; must have missed the Zulu bit).

Regards,
Ronald.

 

[slade]

Hi Cman,

Sorry for the lateness, but I nosed around and couldn't find any specific T/S math functions. Strange that they have them for date but not time. Too bad you're not using DB2, it has a T/S arith function.

Regard, Jack.

 

[couchman02]

No prob Slade, I appreciate your guys responses anyway. I just ended up writing a routine for it.