Time Stamping to the second

[Pickering, John (NORBORD)]

Steve

You could build a temporary file before you start Quiz (or from within Quiz
if you allow Quiz OS access) and then check the creation time of the temp
file.

Something like ...

Q U I Z   (PowerHouse  8.19.C4)
Copyright 1999 COGNOS INCORPORATED
Norbord Industries Inc.

> use qeditscr
> :purge testfile,temp>$null
> :build testfile;temp
> :setvar testfile_createtime finfo("testfile","intcreatetime")
> acc control-file
> cho tbl-key "GLMONTHEND"
> define d-time int*6 &
>   = nconvert(getsystemval("testfile_createtime"))
> report d-time
> go



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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Steve T Wright [SMTP:Steve.Wright@ipaper.com]
> Sent:	Friday, March 22, 2002 2:28 PM
> To:	powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
> Subject:	Time Stamping to the second
> 
> Hey Y'all,
> 
> I have the need to timestamp the begining and ending of a QUIZ program for
> performance benchmarking between two HP3000s. The systime / sysdate
> commands do not provide minutes, much less seconds.
> 
> Any ideas... I am not opposed to using commands within MPEX before and
> after the program within a job stream.
> 
> Environment:  HP3000 987sx   MPE  (MPEX is installed)..  Powerhouse 8.19
> D7
> 
> Thanks for any ideas.... then you can just go home... tell your boss I
> said
> it was OK....
> 
> ....Steve Wright
>