Re: Tool: AS/400 testing tool - date simulator

[Glenn Ericson <Glenn-Ericson@xxxxxxx>]

 Rich Szabo  wrote:

>
>To AS/400 users:
>
>Our experience has been positive with a tool called ANYDATE
>from Advanced Systems Concepts
>
>The vendor claims the tool allows selected AS/400 jobs to be run with any
date
>you wish,
>and we find that to be true.  The tool was quite inexpensive in our opinion.
>
>As always, your results may vary, but this tool should allow you to avoid
>messing around with QSYSDATE or purchasing an expensive test platform.
>
===
Rich most  date simulators are not very expensive.
 Some are stand alone some are part of  Y2K solution packages.

Products such as SIMDATE function  equally as well and  have  some added
features.  One of the   keys to feeling comfortable  might be going to a
Web site  for a download and test drive first.  This  not only allows the
warm feelings  but  saves  lots of time in  product selection/functionality
needs.

Simulator or not a second system or disaster recovery site might be in
order for the ultimate  or  heavy testing.  The  date simulators can be
very helpful in a second system environment in the  execution and
development environments. [All the same reasons -  especially avoiding
setting the system date forward and all that implies]

Nonetheless,  if your testing  it is likely  you will  want  such  items as
 data agers,  data comparators, Record &  Play Capture tools to round out
theTest environment tool box.
Seasons Greetings

Glenn
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