What is the difference between getting the system time with
EIBTIME and ASKTIME command?

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What is the difference between getting the system time with EIBTIME and ASKTIME command?..

Answer / krishnakumar

EIBTIME will contain the time when the transaction started
while ASKTIME will return the current system time.

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What is the difference between getting the system time with EIBTIME and ASKTIME command?..

Answer / vikram

ASKTIME updates the date (EIBDATE) and CICSĀ® time-of-day
clock (EIBTIME) fields in the EIB. These two fields
initially contain the date and time when the task started.

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