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Workspace IBM i
Categories Core OS
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 12, 2021

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Include TIME in LAST_DATE_TIME Used object attribute

The QUSROBJD and QGYOLOBJ APIs return the so called Last Used Timestamp. The field in the QSYSINC structure is literally named Last_Date_Time.
However only the DATE is returned.
The request is to either:
(A) If that Time is being stored to return it along with the Date information, or
(B) Update the Documentation to stop referring to Last Date and Time used as "Date and Time" and make it say "Last Date used" instead.


Use Case:

Having the full date/time information can be useful for certain objects and especially for User Profiles.
The Last SignOn is not really Last used, as if a hacker tries to use a profile to get in an fails, the Last Used Date is updated, but the Time is not updated.
So it would be nice to have the time included. But short of that the documentation and interfaces need to be modified to be actual DATE values not *DTS and TimeStamp values.


Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jun 23, 2022

    Thank you. I've read the corrected documentation and it is very clear and helpful.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 3, 2022
    The definition of the Last-used date field has been updated in the following Object-related APIs:
    Open List of Objects (QGYOLOBJ)
    List Objects (QUSLOBJ)
    Retrieve Object Description (QUSROBJD)

    The changes were made in IBM i documentation in versions 7.5, 7.4 and 7.3.

    IBM Power Systems Development
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Nov 5, 2021

    Moving out of submitted status for making the suggested documentation update.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Sep 2, 2021

    Note: After consulting with "the Lab" it was determined that this request is not viable.
    The existing *DTS format returns both date and time information, however the Last Date/Time Used information has erroneous Time data that should be discarded. The APIs that do not discard it (set it to 0) return one of the fixed times rather than the actual time the object was last used.
    IBM said they will update the Documentation, and that users should discard the time component from those APIs that return that information--using only the date portion of the *DTS value.

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