y2k revisited?

Thu, 26 Feb 2004 15:38:27 -0500

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Bob

Take a look at the pdl option statement parameter in my original message. I
understood this to mean that 19 is the default century for dates where yy is
>= 50. Not correct?

Please note that 8.19 works fine and 8.49 fails -- so what's changed between
these versions?

Regards,
JWP

-----Original Message-----
From: Deskin, Bob [mailto:Bob.Deskin@Cognos.COM]
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 3:25 PM
To: 'Pickering, John (NORBORD)'; Powerhouse List (E-mail)
Cc: Deskin, Bob
Subject: RE: y2k revisited?

The issue here is that the date is declared as CENTURY EXCLUDED. Any century
excluded date is assumed to be in the default century. The option is named
"INPUT CENTRUY" and applies to input only. It does not apply to existing
data not does it apply to century excluded dates. It was designed so that
pre-existing (pre-Y2K) screens did not have to be modified where they
allowed a year entry without the century into a century included date.
Century excluded dates still had to be converted.

So the defined item gives you 19000229 which is an invalid date because
there was no Feb 29, 1900 based on the rule of 400.

Bob Deskin              
Senior Product Manager, Application Development Tools, Cognos Inc. 
bob.deskin@cognos.com (613) 738-1338 ext 7268 FAX: (613) 727-1178 
3755 Riverside Drive, Ottawa ON K1G 4K9 CANADA 

-----Original Message----- 
From: Pickering, John (NORBORD) [ mailto:PICKERIJ@norbord.com
<mailto:PICKERIJ@norbord.com> ] 
Sent: February 26, 2004 3:19 PM 
To: Powerhouse List (E-mail) 
Cc: Deskin Bob (E-mail) 
Subject: y2k revisited? 

Anybody got any ideas about this one? 

I've logged a "case" with Cognos but I thought somebody out there might have
found and fixed this one already. We're moving to a new machine and a new
version of MPE and are taking the opportunity to upgrade PowerHouse versions
at the same time. So what's with the error below in 8.49.C?

The dictionary options include: 

  Century INCLUDED & 
  Input Century 19 From Year 50 & 

Any help appreciated. 

Regards, 
JWP 

Q U I Z   (PowerHouse  8.19.C4) 
Copyright 1999 COGNOS INCORPORATED 
Norbord Industries Inc. 

> def d-date-ce date century excluded = 000229 
> rep all 
> go 

04/02/26                    Norbord Industries Inc.                    PAGE 
1 

  D-DATE-CE 

  00/02/29 

> def d-date-ce date century excluded = 000229 
> rep all 
> go 

04/02/26                    Norbord Industries Inc.                    PAGE 
1 

  D-DATE-CE 

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<DIV>Bob</DIV>
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<DIV>Take a 
look at the pdl option statement parameter in my original message. I understood 
this to mean that 19 is the default century for dates where yy is &gt;= 50. Not 
correct?</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Please 
note that 8.19 works fine and 8.49 fails -- so what's changed between these 
versions?</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
<DIV>JWP</DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left>-----Original Message----- From: Deskin, Bob 
[mailto:Bob.Deskin@Cognos.COM] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 3:25 
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(E-mail) Cc: Deskin, Bob Subject: RE: y2k 
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The issue here is that the date is declared as CENTURY EXCLUDED. 
Any century excluded date is assumed to be in the default century. The option is 
named "INPUT CENTRUY" and applies to input only. It does not apply to existing 
data not does it apply to century excluded dates. It was designed so that 
pre-existing (pre-Y2K) screens did not have to be modified where they allowed a 
year entry without the century into a century included date. Century excluded 
dates still had to be converted.
So the defined item gives you 19000229 which is an invalid date 
because there was no Feb 29, 1900 based on the rule of 400.
Bob 
Deskin&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Senior Product Manager, Application Development Tools, 
Cognos Inc. bob.deskin@cognos.com (613) 738-1338 ext 
7268 FAX: (613) 727-1178 3755 Riverside Drive, Ottawa ON 
K1G 4K9 CANADA 
-----Original Message----- From: 
Pickering, John (NORBORD) [<A 
href="mailto:PICKERIJ@norbord.com">mailto:PICKERIJ@norbord.com</A>] 
 Sent: February 26, 2004 3:19 PM To: Powerhouse List (E-mail) Cc: Deskin Bob 
(E-mail) Subject: y2k revisited? 
Anybody got any ideas about this one? 
I've logged a "case" with Cognos but I thought somebody out 
there might have found and fixed this one already. We're moving to a new machine 
and a new version of MPE and are taking the opportunity to upgrade PowerHouse 
versions at the same time. So what's with the error below in 8.49.C?
The dictionary options include: 
&nbsp; Century INCLUDED &amp; &nbsp; 
Input Century 19 From Year 50 &amp; 
Any help appreciated. 
Regards, JWP 
Q U I Z&nbsp;&nbsp; (PowerHouse&nbsp; 8.19.C4) Copyright 1999 COGNOS INCORPORATED Norbord 
Industries Inc. 
&gt; def d-date-ce date century excluded = 000229 
 &gt; rep all &gt; go 
04/02/26&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
Norbord Industries 
Inc.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
PAGE 1 
&nbsp; D-DATE-CE 
&nbsp; 00/02/29 
Q U I Z&nbsp;&nbsp; (PowerHouse&nbsp; 8.49.C) Copyright 2003 COGNOS INCORPORATED Norbord 
Ind. 
&gt; def d-date-ce date century excluded = 000229 
 &gt; rep all &gt; go 
04/02/26&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
Norbord Industries 
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