# Problem with \*timestmp

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/problem-with-timestmp/95267>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-Code-Samples\
**Created:** [November 9, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/problem-with-timestmp/95267 "2010-11-09T14:27:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![tomzawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@tomzawa](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/tomzawa)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/problem-with-timestmp/95267/1 "2010-11-09T14:27:20Z")

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Hello,

I need to know what generate function \*timestmp.

DISPLAY \*timestmp \*DATX \*TIMX  
retirns  
C6DAB1C7FDDB7000 10-11-09 09:50:05

What means C6DAB1C7FDDB7000?  
How to generate this value in other way?

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**Author:** ![Douglas\_Kelly](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/douglas_kelly/32/102_2.png) [@Douglas\_Kelly](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Douglas_Kelly)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/problem-with-timestmp/95267/2 "2010-11-09T15:19:58Z")

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use USR1009N (SYSEXT API) to convert this value to something readable. The specific meaning of \*TIMESTMP varies by platform. On the z/OS mainframe, it represent the STCK (store clock) value.

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**Author:** ![Matthias1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@Matthias1](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Matthias1)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/problem-with-timestmp/95267/3 "2010-11-09T18:10:19Z")

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Please see [http://tech.forums.softwareag.com/viewtopic.php?t=22904](http://tech.forums.softwareag.com/viewtopic.php?t=22904)

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**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, 2:59pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/problem-with-timestmp/95267/4 "2021-04-02T14:59:20Z")

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