Thus it was written in the epistle of Stan Sieler,
> If you want to use HP.... (e.g., HPYYYYMMDD) on a release that doesn't have
> it, then use a *DIFFERENT* variable name:  YYYYMMDD or TODAY_YYYYMMDD (hey...
> that's a better name, anyway :).  Then, set that variable from HPYYYYMMDD if
> available, or through some other manner if it isn't available!

While I'm not prepared to argue this point one way or the other, it is worth
noting again that this solution does not smoothly handle variables such as
HPYYYYMMDD which may change during the run of the job.

Ted
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