# ADASEL - date / time fields blank? **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum\ **Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Adabas, Adabas-on-Mainframes, Adabas-Utilities-on-Mainframes, Adabas-on-Windows-UNIX\ **Created:** [January 5, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adasel-date-time-fields-blank/179964 "2015-01-05T22:02:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Emma\_Ivemey1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/779978/32.png) [@Emma\_Ivemey1](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Emma_Ivemey1)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adasel-date-time-fields-blank/179964/1 "2015-01-05T22:02:36Z")
The documentation for ADASEL states that the EXTENDED option will include displayable character DATE and TIME fields within the output. When I run the utility on any file within our PLOGs, these fields are not populated. Is this a general problem, or something amiss in our installation? I do have the timestamp field, however this is just the high-order 4 bytes of the store-clock and I cannot seem to convert this to a usable date and time… It seems odd to me that these fields are blank - surely a date / timestamp for an update is a fairly important piece of information? Any advice gratefully received. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 10:25am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adasel-date-time-fields-blank/179964/2 "2015-01-12T10:25:02Z")
The documentation of ADASEL says that the date/time value on the output file EXPAn is in STCK format (only four byte long) The readable date/time can be found on the DISPLAY output. To convert a STCK value to a readable format we provide an assembler example program on the delivery tape in the SRCE library called CCSTCK. The STCK input value should be a 8 byte value, that means the ADASEL output has to be filled with 4 byte binary zeros on the right. I did run a quick test and in my case the STCK value is there. Maybe the input data for ADASEL (the PLOG) is not correct ? From which Adabas Version was it created ? Is this the same version you are running the ADASEL utility with ? ---
**Author:** ![Emma\_Ivemey1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/779978/32.png) [@Emma\_Ivemey1](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Emma_Ivemey1)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adasel-date-time-fields-blank/179964/3 "2015-01-15T16:12:36Z")
Thank you for the reply, Ursula, I really appreciate it. We have CCSTCK installed in the load library, however I can’t see the source. Can I CALL it from within a Natural program, and if so what are the input / output parameters? (Sorry, I am unable to find this info in the Adabas documentation anywhere.) We are running Adabas 8.2.5 at the moment. Danke schön! Emma ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adasel-date-time-fields-blank/179964/4 "2015-01-15T16:20:25Z")
Hi Emma, we have the source code on the SRCE dataset of the Adabas delivery tape. If you give me an email address I can as well send it to you. There we describe the input/output parameters. Or you ask for it via our official support. It should be possible to call that from Natural but I am an Adabas and Assembler person and do not know how to do this in Natural, I am sorry. Someone else need to help you there :roll: Regards, Uschi ---
**Author:** ![Emma\_Ivemey1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/779978/32.png) [@Emma\_Ivemey1](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Emma_Ivemey1)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adasel-date-time-fields-blank/179964/5 "2015-01-15T17:26:57Z")
That’s okay, if I can see the code I’ll be able to work out the CALL format (I am a Natural user for 17 years…) I’m not sure I want to post my email publicly here - is there a way I can send you a private message? :? ---
**Author:** ![Ralph\_Zbrog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/ralph_zbrog/32/78_2.png) [@Ralph\_Zbrog](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Ralph_Zbrog)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adasel-date-time-fields-blank/179964/6 "2015-01-15T21:29:30Z")
Natural has user exits to convert storeclock values. In SYSEXT search for \*TIMESTMP, Natural’s variable containing the Storeclock . Under Windows I see USR1009N, USR1023N, and USR2026N; the list may differ on the mainframe. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 8:23am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adasel-date-time-fields-blank/179964/7 "2015-01-16T08:23:49Z")
Thanks Ralph ! Emma, maybe you don´t need the CCSTCK source anylonger ? If you still need it, I´m employee of SAG and my email address is standard, just send me a mail… Regards, Uschi ---
**Author:** ![Emma\_Ivemey1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/779978/32.png) [@Emma\_Ivemey1](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Emma_Ivemey1)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adasel-date-time-fields-blank/179964/8 "2015-01-16T18:03:02Z")
Ralph - thank you! I didn’t consider the Natural user-exits, so thank you for reminding me :oops: I tested it and it works beautifully, so no need for the CCSTCK routine! Thank you also Ursula, you were so helpful. Emma 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/adasel-date-time-fields-blank/179964/9 "2021-04-02T15:32:38Z")