Recently I retrieved the SETDATE utility from the HP web site to assist in
initial testing on a Y2K remediation project .  No problem with the
install, etc. and when I ran it per the instructions it did appear to
change the date.

I wrote a small test COBOL program to verify the functionality.   The
results of this test are as follows:

MOVE FUNCTION CURRENT-DATE         continues to pick up the REAL date in
CCYYMMDD format.
ACCEPT INPUT-DATE FROM DATE        picks up the YYMMDD provided by SETDATE

In FORMSPEC, (B.06.06) (I know, not the compliant one, we are trying to
install PP6 today)  $TODAY is picking up the YYMMDD provided by SETDATE
also.

Is there a "Y2K" complient version of this utility, specifically one which
will feed the "fake date" to the MOVE FUNCTION CURRENT-DATE utility?  Any
input is appreciated.

Joe Howell
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