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3.1.4 Optional Paragraphs
These optional paragraphs in the Identification Division can be omitted:
AUTHOR
Name of the author of the program.
INSTALLATION
Name of the company or location.
DATE-WRITTEN
Date the program was written.
DATE-COMPILED
Date the program was compiled.
SECURITY
Level of confidentiality of the program.
The comment-entry in any of the optional paragraphs can be any combination of characters from the character set of the computer. The comment-entry is written in Area B on one or more lines.
The paragraph name DATE-COMPILED and any comment-entry associated with it appear in the output program listing with the current date inserted: 



        DATE-COMPILED. 04/27/95.
Comment-entries serve only as documentation; they do not affect the meaning of the program. A hyphen in the indicator area (column 7) is not permitted in comment-entries.

X >_Workstation_> Under AIX, OS/2, and Windows, you can include multi-byte
X as well as single-byte characters in an EUC or DBCS code page in comment
X entries in the Identification Division of your program. Multiple lines
X are allowed in a comment-entry containing multi-byte characters.
X <_Workstation_<

X >_Host_> Under OS/390 and VM, you can include DBCS character strings as
X comment-entries in the Identification Division of your program. Multiple
X lines are allowed in a comment-entry containing DBCS strings.

X A DBCS string must be preceded by a shift-out control character and
X followed by a shift-in control character. For example: 



 X   AUTHOR.       <.A.U.T.H.O.R.-.N.A.M.E>, XYZ CORPORATION
 X   DATE-WRITTEN. <.D.A.T.E>

X When using DBCS characters in a comment-entry contained on multiple lines,
X shift-out and shift-in characters must be paired on a line. <_Host_<

X DBCS strings are described under "Character-Strings" in topic 1.1.1.

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