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Cobol - Extract Current Time

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4/24/2024 7:21 PM

How do you extract just the Current System Time in Lawson Cobol?

I'm wanting to extract it and format it in HH24MISS format.

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4/24/2024 7:47 PM

I beleive the variable HHMMSS is populated when the Cobol program kicks off. If this is a long running program,

PERFORM 515-UPDATE-DATE-TIME.

This will update the variable HHMMSS to current time.

MOVE HHMMSS TO