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I'm afraid that you will have to understand that entering 19001231 would be
an 8 digits date and as entering this, in this programs parts function, doesn't
ever work(it is not possible, see below) with this type of date positionings,
it would read it as 19 for the year, 00 for the month and 12 for the day, and the
remaining other 31 cannot be entered as is as it will overwrite the last
positioned 12.
It is nice that it is split up in 3 adjustable blocks of 2 digits for year or month
or days tho.
Only the latter 6 date's digits remaining can be manualy adjusted by computer users.
This is also true for OS's and other -with time as base- working programs.
Most if not all computers work this way, as the century is 'hidden' stored in the
memory of the RealTime data clock, which is build-in in a chip on your motherboard.
(Note: The Real Time Clock is NOT the Clock you will see on the Taskbar's corner
at the right).
For more on this subject be refered to Mike Arnoldi's very well mail
with as subject "y2k test - free" which had a link to a Y2k test program made
by the NSTL Test Firm (is also highly recomended by Microsoft)
http://www.nstl.com/html/nstl_ymark2000.html
And also do read my reply to Mike's mail send to the List (with as subject
"Re: y2k test - free") in which mail Microsoft also explains the RealTime Clock
+ the BIOS and the Y2K hassles that come with it, very well.
Microsoft Personal Computing - Year 2000: Get Your PC Ready
http://www.microsoft.com/magazine/jan1999/y2kfacts/y2kfacts.htm
Description excerpt from this page: All computers--mainframe, mini, and PCs--
have the potential to be affected by year 2000 (Y2K) problems.
The three main issues: two-digit date storage, leap year calculations, and
special meanings for dates.
Otherwise reading up on computers time+clock attributes and tools in the
with the above YMARK2000-program accompanying text files and on their
websites pages(download!) is a true relieve as well as being very informative.
The YMARK2000 is FREE to download and comes with proper Help files
(mostly text files).
When pressing the tiny "down"-arrow on the right tho, you will have a beautifull
Calender unfolding, a true Date Adjust Assistant, in which you should be able
to acomplish what you want, without getting the "Last loaded date must be later
than first loaded date"-error message. And with should I mean, that here starting
up with a new clean Chart/Layout, I am able to adjust. Older Layouts, for some
reason, after the installed Patch this weekend, refuse to adjust any dates at all.
For this, in this program's part, the Calender was also a true welcomed item in
the previous program(MS65).
Other parts of the program(s) can well have (more of) them installed as well.
The Calender should get a "year on year change"-button added to it tho, as
date changes can only be made on a monthly basis.
Regards,
Ton Maas
ms-irb@xxxxxx
cc suggestions@xxxxxxxxx (for building in more Calenders in the main as well as
in any of the sub programs+adding the YOY-buttons)
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----- Original Message -----
From: Ed Middleton <emiddleton@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: zondag 3 januari 1999 1:39
Subject: Re: Old and still not fixed date problem
>Ton,
>
>But Duh!!!! You need to enter 1900 not 00 in the start date. Thanks for
>your help.
>
>Ed
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: A.J. Maas <anthmaas@xxxxxx>
>To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: January 2, 1999 7:52 AM
>Subject: Re: Old and still not fixed date problem
>
>
>>No problem in that erea here(see GIF)
>>
>>Regards,
>> Ton Maas
>>ms-irb@xxxxxx
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: Ed Middleton <emiddleton@xxxxxxxxx>
>>To: metastock info request <metastock-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: zaterdag 2 januari 1999 5:52
>>Subject: Old and still not fixed date problem
>>
>>
>>>To all,
>>>
>>>I thought the fix with the dates would solve a problem that I have had
>with
>>>older data. For those who have a Metastock data disk, there is a Dow data
>>>file going back to 1900. Try and view all the data. It can all be seen
>>>with the Downloader but not in MS for windows 6.5 or the newly upgraded
>>>6.52. Here is what happens:
>>>
>>>I can view the chart and when I try and adjust the x-axis (i.e. the date
>>>loaded ) I get the following message:
>>>
>>>"Last loaded date must be later than first loaded date"
>>>
>>>My first loaded date is 31/12/29 and my last loaded date is 31/12/98. If
>I
>>>change the first loaded date to 01/01/30(i.e. the next day) I can get all
>>>the data back to then.
>>>
>>>Anyone seen this before and got any ideas on how to fix it?
>>>
>>>thanks in advance,
>>>
>>>Ed Middleton
>>
>>
>
>
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