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what is the COBOL picture clause of the following DB2 data types:DATE, TIME, TIMESTAMP

  1. PIC X(8), PIC X(8), PIC X(26)

  2. PIC X(12), PIC X(8), PIC X(28)

  3. PIC X(10), PIC X(8), PIC X(26)

  4. None of the above
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C Correct answer
Explanation

DATE uses PIC X(10) for YYYY-MM-DD format (10 characters), TIME uses PIC X(8) for HH.MI.SS format (8 characters), and TIMESTAMP uses PIC X(26) to accommodate the full YYYY-MM-DD-HH.MI.SS.NNNNNN format with microseconds. Options A and B have incorrect DATE character counts.

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