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Mitch Ackles talked about 2 digit year date format and 4 digit years, as
though TS 4 might accept 4 digit years.
I tried to find a 4 digit date format using ASCII files that TS would
accept, but failed.
What do the other formats apart from ASCII use, like Metastock? 2 or 4
digit dates?
thanks
Adam
-------------Original Message----------------
Many of our customers and prospective customers have been inquiring about
Year 2000 issues as they relate to Omega Research software products. To
respond, we would like to use this space to explain what we perceive the
Year 2000 issues to be and how we intend to address them.
First, Version 5 of the Company's products, which include TradeStation 5,
OptionStation 5 and Omega Research ProSuite 5 (all of which are currently
scheduled to be released in the first quarter of 1999) and SuperCharts 5
(which is scheduled to be released sometime after the releases of the
above-named products), will be Year 2000 compliant. This will be the case
because both the Omega Research GlobalServer on which such applications
run,
and the applications themselves, will recognize and utilize century mark or
4-digit, rather than 2-digit, dates.
The current shipping versions of the Company's products, TradeStation 4,
OptionStation 1.2, TradeStation ProSuite 4 and SuperCharts 4 all utilize
Julian dating, in which each day is identified sequentially, as opposed to
being identified as a 2-digit date for a particular year. The use of Julian
dating, accordingly, does not raise any Year 2000 issues. However, these
current shipping versions do permit users to enter dates using the 2-digit
year format. Therefore, 2-digit years, such as 01 and 02, that are input
are
currently read by the software as 1901 and 1902, even though 2001 and 2002
is what is likely intended. Further, futures contracts with expiration
dates
beyond December 31, 1999 are not currently identified as post Year 2000
dates by the programs. The Company expects to offer, on or before June 30,
1999, to all registered customers in good-payment standing of the current
shipping versions, an appropriate solution to such Year 2000 issues. It is
possible that such solution may eliminate a user's ability to analyze data
prior to 1920. For a "work-around" solution that may be used until such
solution is delivered, please visit </html/body_bulletins.html>
Support-Bulletins Section of our web site and read the recommendation of
our
customer support manager.
While we, of course, will use commercially reasonable efforts to complete
the Year 2000 solution by June 30, 1999, there can be no assurance that
unanticipated difficulties will not delay the Company's Year 2000 efforts,
or that modifications made will not adversely affect existing functionality
of the products in ways not currently anticipated by the Company. There
will
be no Year 2000 modifications or solutions for any versions of the
Company's
products introduced prior to the current shipping versions, or for any
products not specifically named above.
Thank you,
Mitch Ackles
Omega Research, Inc.
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