February 29th

Tue, 15 Feb 2000 12:57:26 -0500

I didn't mention versions because while we "officially" tested each
production version at the time (7.33D, 7.10F, 7.29C, 6.07?) there were other
unofficial tests and various customer reports. There was enough information,
plus our knowledge of the code, to say that we expected these issues in any
version prior to the versions listed on our web site as being certified year
2000 compliant.

For example, 7.29C had the Feb 29, 2000 problem, but 7.29C8 does not (at
least in our tests and those of many of our customers). As you can see, it
depends on the specific version you're using. 

Of course the best way to determine if there may be an issue is to run the
tests yourself.

Bob Deskin              
PowerHouse Web Product Manager and Senior Product Advisor
Application Development Tools, Cognos Inc.
bob.deskin@cognos.com (613) 738-1338 ext 7268 FAX: (613) 727-1178
3755 Riverside Drive P.O. Box 9707 Stn. T, Ottawa ON K1G 4K9 CANADA

-----Original Message-----
From: mary_cotton@hp.com [mailto:mary_cotton@hp.com]
Sent: February 15, 2000 12:51 PM
To: Bob.Deskin@Cognos.COM
Cc: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu; amy_talbot@hp.com
Subject: RE: February 29th

     Bob,

     You didn't mention which versions exactly you tested, but I'm assuming 
     that you (and Mark below) mean prior to 7.29 (MPE).   We are running 
     7.29 and are anticipating no problems with 2/29/2000.  Even though it 
     is not "officially" (insert legaleez) "certified Y2K compliant" in all 
     ways, as along as you don't want the features of 8.19, it is fine for 
     2/29/2000.

     Mary Cotton

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Subject: RE: February 29th
Author:  Non-HP-Bob.Deskin (Bob.Deskin@Cognos.COM) at HP-Corvallis,mimegw01
Date:    02/14/2000 10:09 AM

We ran tests on some of the old versions (of course). Generally here's what 
we found regarding Feb 29, 2000. Note that this is based on what testing we 
did and may not cover all old versions or all problems (insert appropriate 
legal clauses here - i.e. no guarantees). However I have not heard of any 
other Feb 29, 2000 issues and customer tests have verified that these seem 
to exist on all older versions. These results assume that the Operating 
System runs after Dec 31, 1999 and returns Feb 29, 2000 on Feb 29, 2000.

PowerHouse on MPE/V, MPE/iX and UNIX return an invalid date on Feb 29, 2000.

So if you try and use SYSDATE, you'll get a data conversion or data 
expression error. Other dates during the year are returned correctly.

PowerHouse on OpenVMS and AS/400 return Mar 1, 2000 on Feb 29, 2000 
depending on the settings for DEFAULT CENTURY and CENTURY INCLUDED|EXCLUDED.

Every day thereafter is 1 day off until Dec 31 when Dec 32 is returned and 
gives an error.

PowerHouse on DG AOS/VS will not run after Dec 31, 1999. Patches are 
available for the 6.05 release and RBFs. With these patches, the system date

Feb 29, 2000 is picked up correctly.

Hope this helps.

Bob Deskin              
PowerHouse Web Product Manager and Senior Product Advisor 
Application Development Tools, Cognos Inc.
bob.deskin@cognos.com (613) 738-1338 ext 7268 FAX: (613) 727-1178 
3755 Riverside Drive P.O. Box 9707 Stn. T, Ottawa ON K1G 4K9 CANADA

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Stewart [mailto:stewm@canada.com] 
Sent: February 13, 2000 1:39 AM
To: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
Subject: February 29th

I assume that most poeple had the sense to upgrade their software to Y2K 
certified versions before the end of the last century.  I was wondering has 
anyone performed any testing for February 29th on versions of PowerHouse or 
operating systems that have not been certified Y2K by the vendor.  For 
example prior no longer supported versions of PowerHouse running on an old 
VAX or a scenario similiar to this.  If so does anyone know of any older 
versions in general or versions running on a non Y2K maching that could 
possibly have glitches around February 29th?

Mark Stewart
Consultants Club Corp.
Windsor, Ontario Canada

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