Good morning, All!
It's been awhile since I've had the opportunity to do more than lurk.
Anyhow, with a new 33.6 modem installed I was surfing 'round the net,
and came upon a newsgroup posting which follows:
Subject:      Re: Microsoft FoxPro 2.0 2000 compliant ?
From:         phystad
Date:         1997/05/09
Message-Id:   
Newsgroups:   comp.software.year-2000
In article , 
servtech@mediom
>
>We are using FoxPro 2.0 in a Novell Network 3.11. we would like to know if
>FoxPro is year 2000 compliany ?
>
>We are using a 4 digit year in all of our FoxPro programs.
>
>(Please answer also by e-mail).
>
>Thanks.
>--
>Charles Giguere.
Charles, FP v2.6 for DOS is y2k compliant in that it stores years as 4
digits, and provides the "SET CENTURY ON" command for input, display, and
output of dates. HOWEVER!! FP is the only (AFAIK) xbase tool that doesn't
provide a command or function to change the assumed century. dBase and
Clipper each have a "SET EPOCH TO" command that allows users to continue to
enter 2 digits after 1999 -- for instance, I've set my apps to "SET EPOCH
TO 1950", so the assumed century is 1950-2049, instead of 1900-1999. Seems a
rather glaring omission in FP, but I doubt if M$ has much incentive to invest
in FP.... You could write a function of your own, fairly easily, to give the
same results.
Pam
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So, gentlemen of this echo - in the discussions here about the Y2K
issue, I've never seen the SET EPOCH command mentioned.  Can anyone
enlighten me?
Springtime greetings from the Calumet Region, south of Chicago   Randy
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