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From: nagy%warner.hepnet@LBL.GOV (Frank J. Nagy, VAX Wizard & Guru)
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Subject: Re: The ongoing DST debate: a stupid suggestion [Re: VMS V5]
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Date: 7 Jun 88 13:43:36 GMT
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> Also, can anybody comment on the rumored overhaul of the date-time services
> for VMS 5.0?  Has all this been done already, and are we wasting bandwidth
> on a non-issue?  Inquiring minds want to know.

To the best of my knowledge, the "overhaul" of date-time services in VMS V5
is just the addition of several RTL (LIB$) routines to allow dates and time
in different display formats to be input and output.  The basic problem is
still with us (non-linear time) in the kernel of VMS V5.

= Frank J. Nagy   "VAX Guru & Wizard"
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