Is there a way to compare DDMMYYYY format date with current date?

Question

I have a requirement to get today's transactions into a separate file through JCL SORT. The date format that I have is in DDMMYYYY format.

Answer 1

INCLUDE COND=(20,10,CH,EQ,DATE1), Will not work because DATE1 returns the date in C'yyyymmdd'format

Try reformatting the date in input file and then compare it with DATE1. Refer below SORT CARD

----+----1----+----2----+----3----+----4----+-
//SORTIN DD *                             
DATA1               01102020              
DATA2               07102020              
DATA3               07102020              
DATA4               01092020              
DATA5               01102010              
DATA6               01102019              
/*                                        
//SORTOUT DD SYSOUT=*                     
//SYSIN  DD *                             
 OPTION COPY                              
 INREC BUILD=(1,28,X,25,4,23,2,21,2)      
 OUTFIL REMOVECC,                         
 BUILD=(1,28),INCLUDE=(30,08,CH,EQ,DATE1) 
/*                                        

Output will be:

DATE2               07102020 
DATE3               07102020