on-line 5.08 system page bad date

Hi, I have an old version of informix (Version 5.08.UD1) running on UNIX (IRIX) which appears to have bad dates in the system pages when I do "tbcheck -pr". This same problem appears on an in-service system which appears to be working correctly otherwise. Is this a known problem and any help on decoding the timestamp appreciated? Validating INFORMIX-OnLine reserved pages - PAGE_1DBSP & PAGE_2DBSP Using dbspace page PAGE_1DBSP. DBSpace number 1 Flags 1 No mirror chunks First chunk 1 Number of chunks 1 Date/Time created 05/26/10 02:01:06 # This date seems to be incorrect. Should be 05/26/03 DBSpace name rootdbs DBSpace owner informix Log file number 6 Log file flags 5 Log file in use Logfile has been backed up Time stamp 2077674 Date/Time file filled 05/26/10 23:17:40 Unique identifier 6 Physical location 101c63 Log size 750 Number pages used 750 Thanks in advance Ted Breen 27-MAY-2003

Ted Breen wrote: > I have an old version of informix (Version 5.08.UD1) running on UNIX (IRIX) An old version which is not Y2K-compliant. > which appears to have bad dates in the system pages when I do "tbcheck -pr". > This same problem appears on an in-service system which appears to be > working correctly otherwise. Is this a known problem and any help on > decoding the timestamp appreciated? Well, since 5.08 was obsolete when 2000-01-01 arrived, I'm not sure whether it is a known problem, but it might well fit into the class of known problems that rendered it obsolete. > Validating INFORMIX-OnLine reserved pages - PAGE_1DBSP & PAGE_2DBSP > Using dbspace page PAGE_1DBSP. > > DBSpace number 1 > Flags 1 No mirror chunks > First chunk 1 > Number of chunks 1 > Date/Time created 05/26/10 02:01:06 # This date > seems to be incorrect. Should be 05/26/03 > DBSpace name rootdbs > DBSpace owner informix What neither of us knows is whether that date is in 1910 or 2010. I'll grant you 2010 is more plausible, but it certainly isn't the only possibility. > Log file number 6 > Log file flags 5 Log file in use > Logfile has been backed up > Time stamp 2077674 > Date/Time file filled 05/26/10 23:17:40 > Unique identifier 6 > Physical location 101c63 > Log size 750 > Number pages used 750 > > Thanks in advance > Ted Breen > 27-MAY-2003 The main problems with the versions of OnLine prior to 5.10 (the ones which are not Y2K-compliant) are in areas related to archive and restore and things like timestamps. Be very, very cautious about your 'working' system. -- Jonathan Leffler #include <disclaimer.h> Email: jleffler@earthlink.net, jleffler@us.ibm.com Guardian of DBD::Informix v2003.04 -- http://dbi.perl.org/

Jonathan Leffler wrote in message <3ED2FDCE.90704@earthlink.net>... >Ted Breen wrote: >> I have an old version of informix (Version 5.08.UD1) running on UNIX (IRIX) > >An old version which is not Y2K-compliant. > snip >Well, since 5.08 was obsolete when 2000-01-01 arrived, I'm not sure >whether it is a known problem, but it might well fit into the class of >known problems that rendered it obsolete. > snip >> Date/Time created 05/26/10 02:01:06 # This date >> seems to be incorrect. Should be 05/26/03 >> DBSpace name rootdbs >> DBSpace owner informix > >What neither of us knows is whether that date is in 1910 or 2010. >I'll grant you 2010 is more plausible, but it certainly isn't the only >possibility. snip >The main problems with the versions of OnLine prior to 5.10 (the ones >which are not Y2K-compliant) are in areas related to archive and >restore and things like timestamps. Be very, very cautious about your >'working' system. > > >-- >Jonathan Leffler #include <disclaimer.h> >Email: jleffler@earthlink.net, jleffler@us.ibm.com >Guardian of DBD::Informix v2003.04 -- http://dbi.perl.org/ Thanks Jonathan, The date could be 05/26/103 with the "3" truncated. I noticed a post below this one "Startup of informix 7.2 database fails - Physical log" with the same date problem. I was under the impression that 5.08 was Y2K compliant and will do some checking as our system was tested for Y2K. Ted Breen 27-May-2003