Re: Date Simulators

["Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@xxxxxxx>]

At 10:37 AM 6/9/99 -0700, you wrote:

I have found holes in every product that I have tested.

Al


>Please... HELP!! 
>
>I have been working the last few days on reviewing the "IBM Y2K Testing
>and the AS/400 System Date" document and analyzing the potential
>ramifications for our testing effort.  This effort has been a result of
>a decision by our company to test the uncommon software used by one of
>our remote divisions... right smack dab on the Production AS/400... by
>setting the system date forward (and then back again after testing).  A
>decision has been handed down today to scrap that effort (thank
>goodness) and IMMEDIATELY get a date simulator to assist in our testing
>effort.
>
>I have seen many posts regarding these products in the past, but have
>not kept the information due to our companies lack of desire to spend
>any time looking into this as a viable option.  Now I find myself in a
>position in which I need to collect as much information about date
>simulator products as possible... as fast as possible.  I am leaving
>today for this remote division to put together a test plan and needless
>to say I hope to be armed with at least a bit of knowledge.
>
>Sorry for the long intro... but I would be tremendously grateful if
>anyone could provide some feedback as to the effectiveness and dangers
>of the use of date simulators for Y2K testing... and perhaps relate any
>experiences (good or bad) with any of these products.
>
>Now I am off to the web to download Simdate and start setting it up as
>requested by the higher ups.
>
>Thank you a hundred times over for any information provided...
>And then thank you a hundred times more!
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