Re: Current century not being picked up

deeky@my-deja.com wrote: > > Hi all, > > We are running IDS 7.24-UC5.8 of IDS and 6.04 UC2 of 4GL and SQL. > We are also running AIX 4.3.3.1 which has passed the IBM "fixcheck" Y@K > test fine. > > Our problem is when we enter a 2 digit date "00" it is converted to > "1900". I know using 4 digit dates is the answer, but unfortunatly the > third party application allows for the entry of 2-digit dates. > > From what I have readon DBCENTURY I will need to upgrade SQL and 4GL to > 7.2X in order to use DBCENTURY functionality. However, I was lead to > believe that the current versions of these products are supposed to use > the current cenrtury for year expansion as a default. This does not No. 4GL 6.xx converted using 1900. You will either have to upgrade to 4GL 7.[23]0, modify the forms to require a 4 digit year, or recode to manually expand the century yourself. Art S. Kagel > explain why if my system date is correct and my O/S is Y2K, how come > "00" converts to "1900"? > > Any thoughts on my situation? > > TIA > > Derrick > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.