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Re: [ADSM-L] 3584 date off by 6 years

2010-01-04 17:18:06
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] 3584 date off by 6 years
From: Harmeet Sian <Hsian AT THEMISSINGLINK.COM DOT AU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 09:15:41 +1100
Funny you all mention 6 years.

http://www.news.com.au/business/bank-of-queenslands-boq-eftpos-terminals-leaving-retailers-in-red/story-e6frfm1i-1225815661315

" RETAIL businesses across the country have lost thousands of dollars over the 
long weekend because a computer glitch left shoppers unable to use the Bank of 
Queensland's (BOQ) Eftpos terminals.

RBOQ's Eftpos machines skipped ahead six years when the clock ticked over to 
January 1 and started date stamping January 2016.



Harmeet Sian
Network Engineer
the missing link network integration pty ltd


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Fred Johanson
Sent: Tuesday, 5 January 2010 9:11 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] 3584 date off by 6 years

Do you mean libraries from other makers, or other IBM hardware?  Our mainframe 
guys have their eyes open.



-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Harry Redl
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 4:04 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] 3584 date off by 6 years

Hi,

yes - seems like Binary Coded Decimal problem - not only IBM libraries are 
affected.

Harry




________________________________
From: Fred Johanson <Fred AT UCHICAGO DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Sent: Mon, January 4, 2010 8:48:37 PM
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] 3584 date off by 6 years

We'll just have to wait for IBM to wipe the egg off its face.  VJ in Prague 
seems to have it right.  The logging code written for the 3494 or whatever 
seems to have been propagated thru all IBM tape libraries.



-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Howard Coles
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 1:35 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] 3584 date off by 6 years

Well, I just found it in ours.  At this point I'd assume it's fairly global.  
If anyone gets / finds a fix, let us know.  I have two 3584s I'd like to get 
back from the future.  :-D

See Ya'
Howard Coles Jr.
John 3:16!


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Jánský Vítezslav
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 11:13 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] 3584 date off by 6 years

Well its simple ...

0x9 in binary = 9 in decimal
0x10 in binary = 16 in decimal

y2k bug strikes back.

V.J.

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Neil Schofield
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 5:43 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] 3584 date off by 6 years

Keith

We've got the same issue on two TS3500 libraries (running code v8870 and v7420).

It's funny as we were only reminiscing last week about the fun we'd had 10 
years ago fighting the millennium bug. We even joked about having systems today 
that weren't 'decade compliant', but dismissed the idea for being too silly!

Happy New Year to the ADSM-L community.
Neil Schofield
Infrastructure Platform Technologies Manager Yorkshire Water Services Ltd.

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