[Sigh...] I guess I'll have to write YADR (Yet Another Date Routine). At 05:21 PM 9/12/2005, Kirk Talman wrote: >POPS >(http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr/BOOKS/DZ9ZR003/4.6.1.1?SHELF=&DT=20040504121320&CASE=) > coming attractions: > >"14. At some time in the future, new models will use a carry from bit >position 0 of the TOD clock to increment an additional eight-bit binary >counter. STORE CLOCK EXTENDED will store the contents of this counter in >byte position 0 of its storage operand. A variation of SET CLOCK will set >the counter, as well as the TOD clock. Variations of SET CLOCK COMPARATOR >and STORE CLOCK COMPARATOR will manipulate a comparable byte at the left >of the clock comparator. These actions will allow the TOD clock to >continue to measure time within the standard epoch after the current >143-year limit caused by a carry from bit position 0 has been exceeded, >and they will allow continued use of the clock comparator. It may be >desired to have programs that process 16-byte STORE CLOCK EXTENDED >operands take these future developments into account." > >Apparently non-zero values of the STCKE return byte zero are not yet >simulated. > >pup not holding breath > >Art Celestini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote 9/12/2005 4:10 PM > >I'm testing some code on z/OS 1.5 and find that CONVTOD will not accept a >year greater than 2042, even though an ETOD is requested. Does anyone >know if there is an APAR that extends this limit? I'm trying to use it >for date calculations that could, potentially, involve dates that are 100 >years into the future.
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