IBM Extension

Date, Time, and Timestamp

  1. For class date-time items with a USAGE of DISPLAY, data is aligned at the leftmost character position, and (if necessary) padded with spaces to the right.
  2. For class date-time items with a USAGE of PACKED-DECIMAL, data is aligned at the rightmost digit position, and (if necessary) padded with zeros to the left.
End of IBM Extension