Communicator 3000 MPE/iX Release 6.0 (Platform Software Release C.60.00) (30216-90269)

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Year 2000 Enhancements
New Date Intrinsics for MPE/iX
New Date Formats
Three new date formats are listed in the table, “HP Standard Formats.”
The first format is an integer representation of the ISO 8601 date
format. The second is an ASCII representation of the same. The last
date format is an extension of the existing 16-bit CALENDAR date format
to a 32-bit format. These date formats will be referred to as “HP
Standard Formats.”
Table 9-3 HP Standard Formats
Supported Date Formats
The “HP Standard Formats” and “Existing Date Formats” are combined
in the following table, “Supported Date Formats.” Each date format is
assigned a date type code. The date intrinsics support these date
formats and date type codes.
Storage
Type
#
Bytes
Explanation
Sortable
?
Y2K
Ready?
integer 4 YYYYMMDD date yes yes
ASCII 8 YYYYMMDD date yes yes
integer 4 Upper 23 bits: #years since 1900 yes yes
Bottom 9 bits: day of the year.
(Extension of the existing CALENDAR
format.)