| >My customer (Ford) just called regarding the year 2000 and RSX11M+. I read
>the other note regarding this question, and as it states Year 2000 support is
>being provided for in RSX11M+ version 4.4 on up. What exactly does that mean?
>Does it mean that new API's were added to RSX11M+ to allow getting the date in 4
>digits as opposed to 2? Or does it mean that the old GET DATE API's will now
>provide a 4 digit date? Are there any release notes anywhere that describe what
>is being provided?
By API, I presume you mean application program interface ...
There are several areas of impact of year 2000 dates ...
Input ... setting the date now understands the difference between 00 as 1900
and 2000
Output ... dates output by the system are now available as 4 digit year
Utilities and File system now recognize and print dates past year 2000,
internally, they are encoded.
Application interface ... since gtim (the standard date/time interface)
returns the years since 1900 this is transparent)
The applications on the other hand still may have problems ...
Stuart
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