Tom,

You are right.  If the JCW is set prior to entering MPEX is works fine.

Scott Lindholm
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Emerson, Tom # El Monte [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 1:18 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      RE: MPEX DATE FORMATTING: Y2K ISSUE?
>
> Interestingly enough, VESOFTYEARBASE doesn't appear to be documented
> [still
> searching for it, however]  but I do seem to vaguely recall them putting
> in
> some sort of "quick-fix" type item.  One thing to note on these
> "quick-fix"
> things -- generally, any variable [or JCW] that "has to be set to alter
> how
> some intrinsic feature works" (*) has to be set PRIOR to using MPEX.  In
> this case, exit and re-enter MPEX and the test should now show 20000106.
>
> (*) this is a speed/efficiency issue -- rather than "look up" the contents
> of a SYSTEM variable for each and every evaluation, the variable is read
> upon startup and stored within the program.  Thus at execution time, the
> "lookup" is from memory rather than a system call.
>
> Tom Emerson
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Scott Lindholm [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Thursday, December 30, 1999 12:12 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: MPEX DATE FORMATTING: Y2K ISSUE?
> >
> >
> > Lee wrote:
> >
> >
> >         MPEX handles two-digit dates after 12/31/99 in a
> > windowing fashion
> > -- you need
> >         to set a JCW, VESOFTYEARBASE to, say, 1950 (the
> > default is 1900) --
> > to have MPEX
> >         treat years 51-99 as 1950-1999, and years 00-49 as 2000-2049.
> > Lee,
> >
> > I set the jcw but I still get the same results.
> >
> > 959_sys_%showjcw vesoftyearbase
> > VESOFTYEARBASE = 1950
> > 959_sys_%set date,YMD
> > 959_sys_%SETVAR DATE TODAY + 7
> > 959_sys_%SHOWVAR DATE
> > DATE = 00/01/06
> > 959_sys_%setvar date2 strwrite(!date:'%4Y%0M%0D')
> > 959_sys_%SHOWVAR DATE2
> > DATE2 = 19000106
> >