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Help with Y2K Testing?

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The Question is:

 
Is there a way to change the creation date on a file?
We want to do Y2K testing on a particular application,
and this will require rolling the date forward for a
couple of days.  While this is happening, some of the
programmers will continue to work on the system and their
files will be stamped with a 1/1/2000 date on it.  When
we are complete with the testing, they are asking that we
change the date of any file that they worked on.  Is this
possible?
 
 

The Answer is :

 
  The OpenVMS Wizard STRONGLY RECOMMENDS following the documented Y2K
  testing procedures -- the procedures are documented at the OpenVMS
  website.  Failure to follow the recommended procedures can lead to
  various (and potentially pernicious) problems -- "future dates" can
  be scattered throughout various files and various other objects, and
  can cause problems with various layered products.
 
  DFU is available on the OpenVMS Freeware, and can reset file dates.
 

  

     

     
answer written or last revised on ( 21-JUN-1999 )
     
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