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Conference evms::y2k

Title:OpenVMS Year 2000
Moderator:EVMS::MARIONN
Created:Mon Aug 26 1996
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:82
Total number of notes:427

39.0. "COBOL Level 1 Compliant?" by SIOG::FITZPATRICK () Wed Jan 29 1997 13:10

Cross posted in YEAR2000 and Y2K Notes Files

Can anybody tell me the position regarding COBOL's compliance.

I have been told that version 2.4 of DEC COBOL and version 5.4 of VAX
COBOL are Level 1 compliant.

However, I believe that the COBOL statement :

	ACCEPT X-DATE FROM DATE.

will populate a 2 character year field in variable X-DATE.

The workaround is to use System services calls, SYS$GETTIM,
SYS$ASCTIM etc.

My issue is : Surely the ACCEPT statement (and therefore COBOL) does 
not meet Level 1 compliance. Am I correct ?

Many thanks,
Michael.
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39.1Contact COBOL Group Directly...XDELTA::HOFFMANSteve, OpenVMS EngineeringThu Jan 30 1997 17:176
:Cross posted in YEAR2000 and Y2K Notes Files

  I'd contact the COBOL folks directly...  (I'm not sure they follow
  this or the YEAR2000 conference...)

39.2Where to find more details on COBOL Y2K questionsPACKED::BRAFFITTMon Feb 10 1997 18:186
    See
    
    	CLT::COBOL 	   3160
    	CLT::DEC_COBOL_IFT  488
    
    for additional details.