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We cannot set the time for a job on this platform. That's the request (to resolve that limitation).
If what you're implying is that all those interfaces are pulling the time for the job from the system clock (i.e. the System Time) and there is no Job property/attribute currently that is separate and distinct from the System Time, then I understand the decline.
However if there is a Job property that is the Job Time that runs perhaps by convention in parallel to but separate from the System time, then I would kindly ask that you provide access to changing this value via CHGJOB (at minimum) and provide it as the Job Time in place of the System Time that is currently display on DSPJOB.
Thank you for submitting this RFE. While I understand the use-case and agree that it would be useful, I am going to decline the request at this time for a couple of reasons.
Firstly, if we were to add a job time, it would make sense to add it to all (or most) of the same places that the Job date is externalized. The Job date (key 1002) is on many interfaces, including commands, displays, APIs, SQL services and the graphical user interface. Here is a list of the interfaces that allow you to display, change or retrieve the Job date:
CHGJOB command
RTVJOBA command
SBMJOB command
CRTJOBD command
CHGJOBD command
WRKJOB/DSPJOB display
IBM Navigator for i (job properties)
QUSLJOB API
QGYOLJOB API
QUSRJOBI API
QWTRTVTA API
QWCRTVCA API
QWTCHGJB API
QWDRJOBD API
JOB_INFO
JOB_DESCRIPTION_INFO
Even if we were able to pare that list down to say half, it is still a big change, and would be hard to fit in unless the priority were higher than several other work requests.
The second reason that I am declining this request is because I am afraid that this new "job time" would be confused with our existing concept of job time (which can be viewed on DSPJOB, option 2) and is defined as the local job time which is determined by the job's time zone.