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Creating and Initializing the RPG User Date File RPGINIT creates and initializes the RPG User Date File, named RPGUDATE, to the current system date. RPGUDATE is a temporary file containing one 80-byte record. The date is in the form mmddyy, beginning in position 1 of the RPGUDATE record. This file is used for RPG programs with an "F" specified in Header Column 17 (UDATE Source). Programs with this specification initialize the RPG reserved date fields UDATE, UDAY, UMONTH, and UYEAR from the RPGUDATE file rather than from the operating system date. This allows programs to be run using a date that is different than the operating system date.