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Year 2000 -- from Linda Zaleski -- 3/11/98

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* Written  5:55 pm  Mar 11, 1998 by lzaleski@AMLIBS.COM in jambo:notis */
/* ---------- "Year 2000" ---------- */

This message is meant to clarify Ameritech's position with respect to Year 2000
support for NOTIS LMS.

We are aware that many customers have implemented Release 6.4.x  based on our
assurance that it was Year 2000 compliant and that you have made commitments to
various levels of administration.  We have also issued many "official" statements that
Release 6.4 is Year 2000 ready and feel strongly about honoring that
commitment.

Year 2000 changes that were inadvertently omitted in Release 6.4 will be available
via FTP and can be applied to Release 6.4 or 6.4.1.  To assist you in
implementing the fixes we will ALSO be isolating them in a separate directory at our
FTP site (\pub\LMSY2K).  The fixes are release independent and can be
applied to any release of LMS, starting with Release 6.4.0.  Sites who would prefer to
have the fixes sent via tape may do so by contacting Tess Estrada at (847)866-2171 or
estrada@als.ameritech.com.  Of course, in the normal course of events the program
changes will be included in the general Release 6.5.0 which is due in June 1998.

In order to ascertain how each program will affect your operation,  we are describing
the changes following this message.  The programs are all related to CICS journal records.

Should modifications to Year 2000 code be required in the future, they will be compatible
with releases back to 6.4.0 and will be made available to all sites via FTP or on tape, as
described above.

We sincerely apologize that these programs were overlooked in our Y2K project.  It is our
hope that the course of action described above will be satisfactory to all.  Please feel free to
contact me directly if you have further questions or suggestions.

Linda Scott Zaleski
NOTIS Product Manager

LB010BAL - Expanded RQREQDAT date field in the request record and AWREQDAT
          date field in the 'AW' request record to include the century.

LB011BAL - Expanded REQDAT date field in the NOTIS 3 Request Record and RQREQDAT
          date field in the NOTIS 4 Request Record to include the century. No logic changes
          were necessary.

LB015BAL - Expanded SLREQDAT date field in the Selection Request Record to
          include the century. No logic changes were necessary.

LB016BAL - Expanded RQREQDAT date field in Request Record to include the
          century. No logic changes necessary.

LB020BAL - Expanded ACREQDAT date field in the Action Request Record to
          include the century. Changed one MVC instruction to a ZAP that used this date.

LB303BAL - Same changes as LB020BAL.

LB040BAL - Expanded JRDATE date field in Catalog Card Request Record to
          include the century. Changed one MVC instruction to a ZAP that used this date.

LB042BAL - Expanded ACREQDAT date field in the Action Request Record to include
          the century. Changed one MVC instruction to a ZAP that used this date.

LB060BAL - Expanded ACREQDAT date field in the Action Request Record to include
          the century. No logic changes necessary.

LB065BAL - Expanded POREQDAT date field in the Purchase Order Request Record
          to include the century. No logic changes necessary.

LB070BAL - Same changes as LB065BAL.

LB960BAL - Added logic to calculate the century for the JCLRDATE date field in the
          CICS Journal File Record.

LB965BAL - Added the century to the JTTIME date/time field in the CICS Journal File Tape
          Record. Added logic to drop the sign bits of the above field to make room for the
          century. Also, expanded the START and STOP date fields to include the century.

LB968BAL - Expanded the JTTIME date field in the CICS Journal File Tape Record to include
          the century. No logic changes were necessary.

LB010330 (MVS)/ LB010320.PROC (VSE) - changed SORT FIELDS parm length
          from 24 to 25 to account for expanded date field.

LB010630 (MVS)/LB010620.PROC (VSE) - Changed SORT FIELDS parm positions
          and lengths to account for expanded date field.

LB060020 (MVS)/LB060020.PROC (VSE) - Same changes as LB010630 above.

LB060040 (MVS)/LB060040.PROC (VSE) - Same changes as LB010630 above.

LB968020 (MVS)/LB968010.PROC (VSE) - Changed INCLUDE COND sort statement to
          account for change to date/time field from a packed-signed to a packed-no sign field.

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