FRONT_3.3 Second Edition (April 1998)

• X The millennium language extensions, enabling compiler-assisted date
  X processing for dates containing 2-digit and 4-digit years.
  
  X >_Host_> Requires IBM VisualAge COBOL Millennium Language Extensions
  X for OS/390 & VM (program number 5648-MLE) to be installed with your
  X compiler. <_Host_<
  
  X For information on the millennium language extensions, see "Millennium
  X Language Extensions and Date Fields" in topic 1.7.

• X New language elements in support of the millennium language
  X extensions:
  • X DATE FORMAT clause in data description entries
  • X Intrinsic functions:
    • X DATEVAL
    • X UNDATE
    • X YEARWINDOW

• X New compiler options in support of the millennium language extensions:
  • X DATEPROC/NODATEPROC
  • X YEARWINDOW

• X New compiler option, ANALYZE, to check the syntax of imbedded SQL and
  X CICS(R) statements.

• X New date intrinsic functions to cover the recommendation in the
  X Working Draft for Proposed Revision of ISO 1989:1985 Programming
  X Language COBOL:
  • X DATE-TO-YYYYMMDD
  • X DAY-TO-YYYYDDD
  • X YEAR-TO-YYYY

• X Extension of the ACCEPT statement to cover the recommendation in the
  X Working Draft for Proposed Revision of ISO 1989:1985 Programming
  X Language COBOL:
  • X ACCEPT FROM DATE YYYYMMDD
  • X ACCEPT FROM DAY YYYYDDD

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