[open-cobol-list] OC issues - number 5

[Sergey Kashyrin]

Is YYYYMMDD reserved word ?

 

       IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
       PROGRAM-ID. ztest INITIAL.
       ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
       DATA DIVISION.
       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
       01 A.
           05  YYYYMMDD                PIC 9(8).
       PROCEDURE DIVISION.
           DISPLAY 'A=' A ';'.
           GOBACK.

G:\bank64\src\obj>cobc -x ztest5.cbl
ztest5.cbl:7: Error: syntax error, unexpected YYYYMMDD, expecting EXTERNAL or GLOBAL