RE: ascii text

[Neil Palmer <npalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The standard 'trick' is to set the date back 28 years, so both days of
the week and leap years calcs match.



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pete Hall [SMTP:peteh@inwave.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 1998 10:49 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: ascii text
> 
> At 23:12 08/19/98 -0400, Roy Schnauss wrote:
> >Is there a way to convert files from a system 36 to ASCII text format
> for
> >download to a pc.  I am trying to convert a copy of the arhis file on
> the
> >machine to be transferred to a pc for research purposes.  If not, I
> am
> >going to lose all my data when 2000 rolls around.  
> >     Also I am wondering if you can keep rolling the date back on a
> 5363 so
> >that I could still keep all of my data files in the machine?  I would
> like
> >to be able to keep the date at dec 1 1999 for that day and beyond.
> Is it
> >possible or does the internal clock think otherwise?
> 
> PC support does an acceptable job if you convert packed fields to
> formatted alpha (leading sign, explicit decimal). This will produce a
> columnar record which can be imported into MS Excel.
> 
> I believe that if you set the clock back 13 years the days of the week
> come out correctly. Just remember to add 2013 to the year when you
> print those payroll checks. Is it temporary, or does this company also
> have horse drawn delivery vehicles? <g>
> 
> 
> Pete Hall
> peteh@inwave.com 
> http://www.inwave.com/~peteh/
> 
> 
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