On Sat, 29 Dec 2018 11:54:48 -0500, Peter Relson wrote: > ... >What this is likely trying (but failing) to say is that this service >applies a windowing technique, which much of z/OS will do in the coming >years, as we approach the end of the standard epoch. > I forgot to ask:
How will this play with the comparator register? Presumably no problem unless the interval spans epochs. Or will the comparator assume a sliding window, always current time ± 71 years? But what of programmers who code x'FFFF...' to mean "never (well, hardly ever)" or x'0000...' to mean "immediately"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_calendar#Long_Count -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
