DATEDIFF intrinsics are fixed, kinda HP has applied a workaround to repair the HPDATEDIFF intrinsics which were broken as recently as PowerPatch 5 of MPE/iX 5.5. The intrinsics will work properly in MPE/iX 6.0, said HP lab experts, but only if you initialize the status parameter to 0 before calling the intrinsics. HP intends to deliver a complete fix for the problem in MPE/iX 6.0 PowerPatch 1, expected in early spring of 1999, and before the 6.0 PowerPatch 1 as a standalone patch. HP considers the intrinsics workable with the status parameter line added, but some developers note that programmers have never needed to add such a line while working in C. HPDATEDIFF, if you haven’t used it yet, determines the number of days that separate two given dates — just the sort of thing that aging analysis applications might use. A more common use, and one that may be on your mind right now, is using it to validate and covert two-digit years to four-digit years before computing the difference. But perhaps all your Y2K work is done by now. Copyright 1998 The 3000 NewsWire. All rights reserved