| Title: | OpenVMS Year 2000 |
| Moderator: | EVMS::MARION N |
| 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 |
Hello,
We have downloaded the "Year 2000 Product Status" from the Web in early
April 1997. In this document, it is shown that OpenVMS/VAX V6.2 and
V7.0 are not ready for Year 2000 and that a ready version is available
in Q4 1997.
I wish to double check on this because there is a previous information
that all versions of OVMS and VAX machine are Year 2000 ready.
If it is indeed not Year 2000 ready yet, is the "Q4 1997" financial
year or calendar year ?
Please advise.
Best regards
Chris
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 71.1 | OpenVMS so far ... | EVMS::MARION | So many fish ... | Wed Apr 30 1997 15:50 | 23 |
Hi,
The info out in various places that OpenVMS is already year 2000 safe
is not coming out of engineering. In most cases this info is coming
from folks who've tested their own environment and found no problems.
We are still completing our formal investigation of OpenVMS source
code, and until that is complete, we cannot make any statement of
readiness that will mean anything.
What we know so far is that we have found no catastrophic problems,
though there are some minor bugs. We also know that a lot of sites
have set the date forward to post-2000 and found no problems in their
configurations.
Examples of bugs so far include 2-digit years in ODS1, ISO9660 AND HIGH
SIERRA CD FORMATs with 2-digit years, and overflow on RT-11 & DOS-11.
In other words, not common stuff that's likely to impact many folks.
We plan to deliver and document year 2000 ready solutions for V7.1 and
V6.2 by the end of calendar year 1997.
Karen.
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