If I recall correctly it was actually a 16 bit integer that contained an
offset from the date that ASK was founded.  The problem was recently
referred to as "The Ides of March" because all the dates stopped working at
some point in March 99.  As you say, this was fixed long ago, but there
were still a number of MANMAN shops out there that had older versions with
this problem.

shawn





"Simpkins, Terry" <[log in to unmask]> on 09/09/99 05:39:40 AM

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Subject:  Re: Another Y2K date tomorrow




If I may help clear up (at least one of) the issue about 9/9/99.
MANMAN has some instances where "9999" was used to represent the "end of
time".
Yes this is "silly" and a hold over from long ago when dates in MANMAN were
represented as a single integer (they were expanded to double integer many
years
ago, but MANMAN like the HP3000 has been known to run virtually unattended
for
many years ;-).  Most of these "booboos" were cleaned up long ago, but
there are
a few left.  In our testing we have found the problem to be relevant only
today, if
one accepts the default of 9999 (in that form) instead of using a more
clearly defined
date of:  090999, 9/9/99, 09999, 90999...... you get the idea.

fairly short answer to one part of a very complicated story.
Now back to work.

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Lucas Control Systems
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