PH22989: INTEGER-OF-DATE AND INTEGER-OF-DAY INTRINSIC FUNCTIONS MAY ENCOUNTER UNEXPECTED BEHAVIOR OR ABEND FOR AMODE64

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The FUNCTION INTEGER-OF-DATE may return incorrect results when
  the STGOPT compiler option is used for AMODE(64) programs
  (compiled with the LP(64) compiler option).
  

Local fix

• Compile with NOSTGOPT.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of the Enterprise COBOL V6.3 compiler  *
  *                 running AMODE 64 COBOL programs that use     *
  *                 INTEGER-OF-DATE or INTEGER-OF-DAY intrinsic  *
  *                 functions.                                   *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: AMODE 64 COBOL programs that use        *
  *                      INTEGER-OF-DATE or INTEGER-OF-DAY       *
  *                      intrinsic functions may encounter       *
  *                      unexpected behaviour or may ABEND.      *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the provided PTF.                      *
  ****************************************************************
  Invalid memory is inadvertently accessed in the COBOL runtime
  due to an error in the compiler generated code when calling
  COBOL Runtime routines to compute the INTEGER-OF-DATE and
  INTEGER-OF-DAYS intrinsic functions while the LP(64) compiler
  option is in effect.
  
  COB0603T/K
  

Problem conclusion

• The COBOL runtime was fixed to accept the corrected generated
  code from the COBOL compiler. In order to obtain this fix,
  AMODE 64 COBOL programs must be compiled with the COBOL Compiler
  having APAR PH24829 installed. For AMODE 64 COBOL programs
  compiled without APAR PH24829, the behaviour would be the same
  as before (that is, would contain the error described in
  Problem Description).
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  UI69632 UI69635

Modules/Macros

• CELQSG04 CELQV004 IGZQAPI  IGZQCDA  IGZQINPL
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  LE ENT COBOL LI

• Fixed component ID

  568819812

Applicable component levels

• R7B0 PSY UI69632

     UP20/05/27 P F005

• R7C0 PSY UI69635

     UP20/05/27 P F005

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