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Ton,
I inputed the 1900 number and the chart is fine without any problems. It
also worked fine with the upgrade to EOD 6.52
Ed
-----Original Message-----
From: A.J. Maas <anthmaas@xxxxxx>
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: suggestions@xxxxxxxxx <suggestions@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: January 2, 1999 10:33 PM
Subject: Re: Old and still not fixed date problem
>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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