RE: ascii text

Using  Encapsulation [ date  rollback in 28 year  increment,s] also
requires that  all interfaces to Client Server, EDI[ electronic trading] or
EIS/Query applications  be adjusted at the interface levels.   Even  the
display/printed reports.  It is not hard to calculate from a  year  such as
1998  but  others become cumberome-    Some of the better offerings aid
with  this.
 
At 10:58 AM 8/24/98 -0600, you wrote:
>The standard 'trick' is to set the date back 28 years, so both days of
>the week and leap years calcs match.
>
>
>
>Neil Palmer                               

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:        Pete Hall [SMTP:peteh@inwave.com]
>> 
>> 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



Glenn
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