INCLUDETIME: Creation time in the object file

Tools

Compiler, Assembler, Linker, or Librarian

Syntax
  INCLUDETIME=(ON|OFF)
  
  
Arguments

ON: Include time information into the object file.

OFF: Do not include time information into the object file.

Default
  ON
  
  
  -
  
  
Description

Normally each object file created contains a time stamp indicating the creation time and data as strings. So whenever a new file is created by one of the tools, the new file gets a new time stamp entry.

This behavior may be undesired if for SQA reasons a binary file compare has to be performed. Even if the information in two object files is the same, the files do not match exactly because the time stamps are not the same. To avoid such problems this variable may be set to OFF. In this case the time stamp strings in the object file for date and time are " none" in the object file.

The time stamp may be retrieved from the object files using the Decoder.

Example
  INCLUDETIME=OFF
  
  
See also