Testing Wordperfect 5.1 for Y2k Compliance.

Procedure under DOS.


1. set date to 2000-02-29.

2. Run Wordpefect.


Setting a four digit date.


1. Select Setup            -  Shift-F1

2. Select Initial settings  -  4

3. Select date-format       -  2


You will see a screen something like this.


Date Format


     Character   Meaning

        1        Day of the Month

        2        Month (number)

        3        Month (word)

        4        Year (all four digits)

        5        Year (last two digits)

        6        Day of the Week (word)

        7        Hour (24-hour clock)

        8        Hour (12-hour clock)

        9        Minute

        0        am / pm

        %,$      Used before a number, will:

                 Pad numbers less than 10 with a leading
                    zero or space

                 Abbreviate the month or day of the week


     Examples:  1 3, 4      = 27 August, 1989

                %6 1 %3, 4  = Sun 27 Aug, 1989

                %1/%2/5 (6) = 27/08/89 (Sunday)

                8:90        = 10:55am




Date format: 1 3 4


4. Type your selection expression for the format you
require.


examples:  1 3, 4     ==>  29 February, 2000

           6, 1 3, 4  ==>  Tuesday, 29 February, 2000
(Yes, 2000 IS a leap year by Gregorian rules)

This means that documents created in Wordperfect 5.1 are potentially Acceptable, Index 0.


5. Exit from setup by pressing return.


6. type a few words in a document.

   I used "test data". Big deal.

7. Save the file. (F7). I used test.dat for a file name.

8. List the directory. (F5). Find the "test.dat" file.

   the date display as 29-02-00. Acceptable, Index 6.
CAVEAT. Users are warned to check the operation of macros that use dates.

Wordperfect running under PIF control in Windows takes the DOS date.



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