Re: Date format in V3R2?

[Jim Langston <jimlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've told this story many times before, but I worked in one company that
sold software, and I brought up to the attention of the President back in
1986 or so that their dates were not Y2K compliant (but this was before the
term Y2K so I just said it wouldn't work in 2000).  Yep, he knew, and his
point was then people would have to pay to upgrade.

Needless to say, I quit this company very soon thereafter.

But, hey, the current windowing IBM uses means your system won't work after
the last date of the window (what is it now, 2023?  2054?) so you'll need
to upgrade...  Although I don't know if that's IBMs point or not.  I "fixed"
the Y2K problem on my system by moving the window from 1900-2000 to 1980-2079.
(Isn't MM/DD/YY always a window no matter where you see it, on checks, 
letters, whatever).

Regards,

Jim Langston

Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!


"Joe Giusto (E-mail)" wrote:
> 
> Good Point.  I guess I was fooled by all that System3 code that was still
> around and I had to modify in one of my previous jobs.
> I guess the programmers that originally came up with using only 6 digit date
> thought the same thing about their software.  :)
> 
> Joe Giusto II
> Programmer/Analyst
> Ritz Camera
> Beltsville, MD
> 301-419-3209 x347
> 410-813-2812 x347
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com]  On
> Behalf Of James W. Kilgore
> Sent:   Thursday, May 17, 2001 12:52 PM
> To:     RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject:        Re: Date format in V3R2?
> 
> Joe,
> 
> I personally don't worry about how my software will handle the date window.
> My
> ego doesn't permit me to believe that the software will still be in use.
> 
> And if it is, and if I'm still alive, maybe I can earn a few bucks to
> supplement
> my social security. ;)
> 
> "Joe Giusto (E-mail)" wrote:
> 
> > Don't you think that IBM will change that "window" as we get closer to
> that
> > year?
> >
> 
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