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Altering the System Time?

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The Question is:

 
Dear Wizard,
 
I would like to set the date backwards to the beginning of this year to give
me more time to complete the transfer of needed (Unix) archive files (via
RAXCO Archive software) between an Ultrix system and the VAX.  We have no
users except for myself.  Will
 setting date back cause any problems to the system.

The Answer is :

 
  The Wizard is not in a position to discuss product licensing issues,
  and particularly not with third-party products -- this activity may
  or may not be permissible under terms of applicable product license(s).
 
  Please see the OpenVMS Y2K Readiness documentation for the recommended
  procedures for changing the system time, and for recovering from changes
  to the system time.  Changing the date back CAN cause (generally) minor
  problems for applications and for the file system.  It can also cause
  major problems if set forward or backwards by sufficiently large values
  while the system is "live".  Again, please see the OpenVMS Y2K testing
  documentation for details for the recommended procedures.
 

  
     
     answer written or last revised on ( 4-OCT-1999 )
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