SOMEPROG.cbl: 31: error: syntax error, unexpected DATE, expecting EXTERNAL or EXTERNAL-FORM or GLOBAL or IDENTIFIED
SOMEPROG.cbl: 31: error: 'FORMAT' is a reserved word, but isn't supported
What are my options to get this to compile cleanly and run with the same effect as what it ran on the mainframe?
I have 3,574 occurrences of this error in the code.
I can write a script to make automated changes to the code.
I would consider sponsoring an update to GnuCOBOL to handle this syntax.
IBM has some documentation here: