These optional paragraphs in the identification division can be omitted:
The comment-entry in any of the optional paragraphs can be any combination of characters from the character set of the computer. The comment-entry is written in Area B on one or more lines.
The paragraph name DATE-COMPILED and any comment-entry associated with it appear in the source code listing with the current date inserted. For example:
DATE-COMPILED. 04/27/03.
Comment-entries serve only as documentation; they do not affect the meaning of the program. A hyphen in the indicator area (column 7) is not permitted in comment-entries.
You can include multibyte as well as single-byte characters from a multibyte code page in comment-entries in the identification division of your program. Multiple lines are allowed in a comment-entry that contains multibyte characters.