On Fri, 7 Jan 2011 17:12:46 -0600, Joel C. Ewing wrote: >On 01/07/2011 02:48 PM, Tony Harminc wrote: >> On 7 January 2011 14:36, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >>> On Fri, 7 Jan 2011 08:33:58 -0700, Larry Dinwiddie wrote: >>> >>>> Run the following PIPE from your Ready prompt >>>> >>>> pipe command LISTFILE fn ft fm (DA | sort 63.2 d 57.5 d 66.8 d |> >>>> sorted list a >>>> >>> I tried that, and I got Y2K problems. >> >> Meaning that your VM is configured for 2-digit years, or that the >> above pipe assumes it is? >> Is that something I can change in the VMSECURE USER dialog? Setting a global variable in PROFILE EXEC?
If I change it, will LISTFILE (LABEL display 4-digit years. >There was much discussion of this around Y2K. There is nothing >inherently wrong with external user interfaces continuing to use >two-digit year fields for data entry efficiency in contexts where >ambiguity is not possible, just that these values should be stored as >four-digit values when saved in files or databases, and the internal >expansion to four-digit year should be done using floating windowing >techniques based on current date that won't break at an arbitrary future >date. > So how does ISPF store the year in PDS directories? Y10K is not a concern because it's unlikely the Gregorian calendar will be in use at that time. I am irritated by some geology textbooks that specify dates in years BP (Before the Present) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
