ADSM-L

Re: -fromdate= on AIX4.1 not working

1996-08-26 17:17:16
Subject: Re: -fromdate= on AIX4.1 not working
From: Kelly Root <kroot1 AT TUELECTRIC DOT COM>
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 16:17:16 -0500
How will changing this from 2 to 4 digits affect ADSM commands in year
2000?


At 11:38 AM 8/26/96 -0700, you wrote:
>I just went from v2.1.0.2 client to v2.1.0.4 on my workstation last
Thursday and
>now the scripts that I execute to monitor daily events are all breaking because
>of this change in the date format, from 4 digit year to 2 digit year.
>
>This is really not an acceptable method of change. Firstly, going from 4
digit to
>2 digit year is going backwards. Secondly, irregardless of whatever standards
>ADSM is trying to follow, provide the change as an option rather than the
default.
>The 4 digit year has been around since day one and the developers should
realize
>that there are people like me who have coded scripts based on that format.
Lastly,
>there should have been some or better advanced warning on this.
>
>Having said all that, the question still remains: How do I change the 'locale'
>to go back to 4 digit year?
>
>