CPA0506E

FORMAT operand requires a single character per value

Explanation

The FORMAT operand specifies the characters to be used for delimiters when formatting date and time fields. Each delimiter must be a single character.

System action

The operand is ignored and command processing continues. Processing is terminated after all commands are validated.

User response

See FORMAT for the correct usage of the FORMAT operand. Correct the command input using a single character for each delimiter, and resubmit the job.