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Conference turris::digital_unix

Title:DIGITAL UNIX(FORMERLY KNOWN AS DEC OSF/1)
Notice:Welcome to the Digital UNIX Conference
Moderator:SMURF::DENHAM
Created:Thu Mar 16 1995
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:10068
Total number of notes:35879

9834.0. "Year 2000 support status for DUNIX V3.2G" by HGOV08::EDMONDLEUNG () Thu May 15 1997 11:43

    Hi,
    
    I am looking for the year 2000 support status for DUNIX V3.2G to our
    customer. Can anyone tell what will be status for this particular 
    DUNIX version?
    
    I've searched through the update y2000 support status list for DUNIX
    but the list only provides the status for the more update version such 
    as DUNIX V4.0a which again is not the latest version. Is that the
    common practice to inform the customer if they want to have the year
    2000 support, they need to upgrade their DUNIX from 3.2G to V4.0D. OR
    there is another way to inform the customer.
    
    Thanks for any suggestions in advance.
    Edmond 
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9834.1NNTPD::"[email protected]"AlbertinoThu May 15 1997 12:5842
hi,

I think that it works on DU v3.2g with a patch ; patch id NEW PatchID:  2.00

(DUV32GAS00001-19970501.tar)
PATCH ID: OSF375-002            SUBSET(s): OSFBASE375

Albertino

PROBLEM:    (CLDs: TKTQ22519, UVO104025. QAR 45258)  (Patch ID: OSF375-002)
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Identifying limitations of original date command
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The date command was not able to accurately set the date past the year 1999.  

For example:

Display current date:
$ date
Tue Jul 16 11:01:50 EDT 1996

Attempt to set the date to 12:55 PM, January 1, 2000
$ date 0101125500
Thu Feb  7 19:24:02 EST 2036


Enhancements to the date command for Year 2000 support
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The date command has been enhanced to support setting the system date
past the year 1999, providing customers with the ability to begin
testing their software for potential century rollover problems.  The
changes are outlined in the following sections.

Syntax

The following formats are valid for setting the system date

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