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

144 Chapter 9

Year 2000 Enhancements

RPG/iX 4-Digit Year Enhancement

by Sue Meloy

Software and Services Group

*DATE and *YEAR

RPG/iX version A.00.18 contains support for new predeﬁned ﬁelds that

return a 4-digit year. *DATE is analogous to UDATE, except that the year

is 4 digits instead of 2 digits. In the same way, *YEAR is analogous to

UYEAR.

RPGUDATE

The RPGUDATE ﬁle format has also been changed to allow a 4-digit year.

Documentation Changes

There are a number of changes to the HP RPG/iX Reference Manual

that describe the new functionality. See the article, “Documentation

Changes for MPE/iX Languages” in Chapter 9 for more information.

Compatibility with Previous Versions

If 4-digit years are used in the RPGUDATE ﬁle, RPG/iX programs must

be run using the new RPG/iX library.

Programs that reference the new *DATE and *YEAR ﬁelds must be

compiled with the new RPG/iX compiler and run with the new RPG/iX

library.

Programs that were compiled with previous versions of the RPG/iX

compiler can be run using the new RPG/iX library without

recompilation.