Re: year 2000

[Vern Hamberg <hambergv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:13 PM 9/7/97 -0500, ROY SCHNAUSS wrote:
>Has anyone tried a way to fix SSP for the year 2000 on their system 
>36?  If you have any ideas please write.  I know that IBM has a PTF 
>out called the VASP software, that allows the user a 100 year window 
>within which to work.  I am wondering if anyone has used this 
>software or knows of another fix.

Roy,

The 100-year thing has been on S/38 & AS/400 from their inception 
(AFAIK-wasn't at the birth myself). It goes from 1/1/1940 to 
12/31/2039. The assumption is that anything with a year>=40 is 
1900's, <=39 is 2000's.

If your business doesn't use dates outside that range, you might get 
by with it for awhile by applying the fix. But we're all facing this 
on AS/400s anyway.

Hope this helps a little

Cheers

Vernon Hamberg
Systems Software Programmer
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
400 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55401
(612) 371-1111 x480
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