Hi Jim,

IBM's Y2K policy is to continue to respect the common use of 99365 as
a "never expire" date. In 4-digit years,  this is 1999365. I am not
certain that the system will accept 9999365 as a valid date; you can
try allocating a data set with EXPDT=9999365 and see what MVS does
with it.

Check the IBM Y2K web site, http://www.ibm.com/IBM/year2000 for more
info on Y2K issues.

Best regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Storage Systems Division
ADSM Client Development
e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com
"The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked."

Andy,
            I'm puzzled, why would 9999365 not be valid? Using a y2k
compliant parameter how would I code "forever"