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Title:	"ASK THE WIZARDS"

Moderator:	QUARK::LIONEL

Created:	Mon Oct 30 1995
Last Modified:	Mon May 12 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1857
Total number of notes:	3728

1760.0. "Open: may19th bug effects?" by STAR::JKEENAN () Fri Apr 25 1997 13:41

Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 22:28:15 -0500
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From: "VMS001::WWW"@vms001.das-x.dec.com (01-Apr-1997 2228)
To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: Ask the Wizard: '[email protected]'

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does the may19th bug that affects open vms systems also affect vms 5.4-2 systems
that do library calls I have heard yes and no and that DEC has no fix for the
library calls?

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1760.1 See http://www.openvms.digital.com XDELTA::HOFFMAN Steve, OpenVMS Engineering Mon Apr 28 1997 15:38 22

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1760.1	See http://www.openvms.digital.com	XDELTA::HOFFMAN	Steve, OpenVMS Engineering	`Mon Apr 28 1997 15:38`	22
	:does the may19th bug that affects open vms systems also affect vms 5.4-2 :systems that do library calls I have heard yes and no and that DEC has no :fix for the library calls? There is no "fix", there is an extension of the limit for delta-time conversions to allow the software to exceed a day-one limit -- the 19-May-1997 date is 10,000 days from the UNIX base date of 1-Jan-1970; applications and other code ported from UNIX to OpenVMS are believed most likely to have this programming problem. With the exception of a few subtle and not-so-subtle problems in specified OpenVMS releases, and save for potential problems in some layered products, I would expect 19-May-1997 to be pretty dull. Known problems are identified at http://www.openvms.digital.com. For information on the delta-time limit and on the current and planned availability of ECOs to raise this limit, and -- most importantly -- the testing procedures to detect any site-specific problems (catastrophic or otherwise), please see the delta-time information at http://www.openvms.digital.com.

:does the may19th bug that affects open vms systems also affect vms 5.4-2
:systems that do library calls I have heard yes and no and that DEC has no
:fix for the library calls?

   There is no "fix", there is an extension of the limit for delta-time
   conversions to allow the software to exceed a day-one limit -- the
   19-May-1997 date is 10,000 days from the UNIX base date of 1-Jan-1970;
   applications and other code ported from UNIX to OpenVMS are believed
   most likely to have this programming problem.

   With the exception of a few subtle and not-so-subtle problems in
   specified OpenVMS releases, and save for potential problems in some
   layered products, I would expect 19-May-1997 to be pretty dull.
   Known problems are identified at http://www.openvms.digital.com.

   For information on the delta-time limit and on the current and
   planned availability of ECOs to raise this limit, and -- most
   importantly -- the testing procedures to detect any site-specific
   problems (catastrophic or otherwise), please see the delta-time
   information at http://www.openvms.digital.com.