Joe Howell ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: 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:

[snip]

: 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.

The CURRENT-DATE function of COBOL II/iX does not use the CALENDAR
intrinsic, so it is not affected by SETDATE.

I haven't used SETDATE, but I suspect it also wouldn't work with
the C/iX or POSIX/iX date and time functions, nor with the TIME
function in FORTRAN 77/iX.

Walter Murray
Hewlett-Packard
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