Re: Millenium Problems - Sequent

David, Could you find out which version of Sequent DYNIX? We're on Sequent DYNIX/ptx 4.1.4 and have been told it's OK but one never knows until one tests such features. We're planning on testing our apps as soon as the new version of 4GL is available (6.10). Thanks, Doug B. On Mon, 15 Sep 1997 20:44:49 +0100, David Williams <djw@smooth1.demon.co.uk> wrote: }In article <341d50a1.27757372@gate.idg.no>, Nils Myklebust }<Nils.Myklebust@idg.no> writes }>"Mark D. Stock" <mdstock@informix.com> wrote: }> }>:Billy Wheeler wrote: }>:> }>:> On 13 Sep 97 at 15:07, Michelle Peridis wrote: }>:> }>:> > In the company I work for we run Informix-SE (4.11) on an Unix }>:> > platform. Will we have problems coping with the Year 2000? It has }>:> > always been common practice for us to set DBDATE=DMY2/ }>:> }>:> You should try setting DBDATE=DMY4/ and altering all your date fields }>:> appropriately. You should consider an upgrade to (I think) 5.08 to }>:> gain access to the very useful DBCENTURY environment variable. But }>:> you *will* have problems if you don't change your DBDATE and date }>:> fields... }>: }>:It's actually version 5.10, which is not available yet. :-) }>: }>:SE has always been year 2000 compliant. It's just down to how you }>:capture and display the dates. So I agree with Billy, start converting }>:to 4-digit years ASAP }> }>Additionally you should check your Unix for year 2000 compliance. }>There are some versions with problems. If there is a problem and it }>isn't too old there should be a patch available from your supplier. }> } } Yep, we found a problem with Sequent Dynix. Our customer decided to } test it without telling us. They set the date to 01/01/2000 and in } 4GL TODAY became 01/01/1900! There is already a patch out. We are } running a very old version (probably > 3 years old) since our customer } has very little budget. } }> }>Nils.Myklebust@idg.no }>NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway }>My opinions are those of my company }>The Informix FAQ is at http://www.iiug.org } }-- }David Williams