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Conference vaxaxp::vmsnotes

Title:	VAX and Alpha VMS
Notice:	This is a new VMSnotes, please read note 2.1
Moderator:	VAXAXP::BERNARDO

Created:	Wed Jan 22 1997
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	703
Total number of notes:	3722

611.0. "Delta time patch on OpenVMS/alpha V1.5" by ROMTSS::SALVATI (Lu computer ? sono perplesso...) Mon May 19 1997 09:21

    Hi there,
    
    Is there any information on the "delta time patch" for OpenVMS/Alpha
    V1.5 . It seeems to me that this version is not mentioned, but today
    which is the 19-may-1997 one of my customers which is running this
    version, is having problems with the date being one year on the future.
    
    Engineering says now that the patch is needed from V5.0 VMS/VAX, so,
    due to the fact that Alpha code is derived form VMS/VAX V5.4-2, to my
    opinion the same patch is needed on OpenVMS/Alpha V1.5.
    
    I know this version is not supported anymore but we have 280 branches
    of an italian bank with the Alpha server with the date incorrect.
    
    Info/help/patch kindly appreciated.
    
    Sebastiano

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
611.1	See notes 238.*	MOVIES::16.196.144.83::brockbank		`Mon May 19 1997 10:54`	11
	Hi Sebastiano, Note 238.* is about this patch. I don't think Alpha V1.5 is covered at present, but look there for a more authoritative answer. The customer is only likely to have a problem if they use LIB$ time routines with relative times which are likely to exceed 9999 days (ie based on the Unix epoch of 1-Jan-1970). Cheers, Ian Brockbank
611.2	See 238.269; IPMT now	XDELTA::HOFFMAN	Steve, OpenVMS Engineering	`Mon May 19 1997 11:21`	9
	Please IPMT this call now, and please see my response to this question over in 238.269, and please see the other notes over in 238.* for details on delta-time ECO. We need specifics of the problem(s) being seen, as an off-by-a-year does not obviously fit into the delta-time ECO problem(s) we would expect to see. It does fit into some other problems that have been seen over the years, problems that are unrelated to the delta-time ECO.
611.3	Thanks	ROMVLC::SALVATI	computer, not a shoes box & 14' TV set	`Tue May 20 1997 08:50`	9
	Thanks to both for your help. There are other colleagues that are working on this issue, and i think an IPMT case has been already opened or is going to be opened. Ciao Sebastiano