EA (Element Attributes)

EA is used to set the member attributes and update the modification date.

Field	Meaning	Length in bytes	Contents after initialization
USER-DATE	User-specified date	14	14 x X'40'
USER-TIME	User-specified time of day	8	8 x X'40'
CCS-NAME	Coded Character Set name	8	8 x X'40'
HOLD-STATE	Hold flag: state assigned to the member ' ': UNCHANGE '-': FREE 'H': INHOLD	1	1 x X'40'
	reserved	8	8 x X'40'
MOD-DATE-IND	MODIFICATION DATE INDICATOR controls modification date updating 'O': OLD 'S': NEW (SYSTEM DATE)	1	1 x X'40'
	reserved	56	56 x X'40'

The descriptor EA is required for the MODEA function.

Notes for input:

• USER-DATE
  The first 10 characters of the date must have the format YYYY-MM-DD. However, the date is only checked syntactically for the format zzzz-zz-zz. The remaining 4 characters are not checked, but should have the format dddB, where ddd stands for the current day of year and B for blank.

• USER-TIME
  The time of day is not syntactically checked. It should have the format HH:MM:SS.

• CCS-NAME
  The specified values are not checked for system permissibility. If a member is not to be assigned a character set, the keyword ’*NONE_’ with a trailing blank must be entered. If only blanks are specified, the existing CCS name of the relevant member is retained.

• HOLD-STATE
  State assigned to the member. Possible values:

  FREE	Only the HOLDER and the owner of the library are allowed to change the state to FREE.
  INHOLD	The new state of the member is INHOLD. The user ID of the person changing the state from FREE to INHOLD is then recorded as HOLDER. If the state was already INHOLD, the subroutine call is rejected. Only a user with borrowing privilege for the member may become HOLDER.

• MOD-DATE-IND
  Controls whether the modification date (EI: MODIFI-TIME and MODIFI-DATE) is updated or left as is. Possible values:

  NEW	The current time of day and the current date are assigned to the member as the time of last modification.
  OLD	The time of last modification is left as it is.