CENTSPAN parameter

Summary

Default value

-50

Parameter type

System

Where set

User 0 CCAIN parameters

Related products

All

Introduced

Before Sirius Mods 6.7

Description

The CENTSPAN system parameter is a numeric parameter that indicates the default CENTSPAN value to be used in a wide variety of $functions for the processing of dates containing two-digit years. The default setting for CENTSPAN (-50) means that start of the assumed range for two-digit years (in affected $functions) is 50 years before the current date.

Some of the $functions affected by this CENTSPAN setting are:

• $sir_date2n
• $sir_date2nd
• $sir_date2nm
• $sir_date2ns
• $sir_dateChg
• $sir_dateChk
• $sir_dateCnv
• $sir_dateDif
• $web_date2n
• $web_date2nd
• $web_date2nm
• $web_date2ns

Some of the Janus SOAP ULI methods affected by this CENTSPAN setting are:

• StringToDays
• DaysToString

For more information about CENTSPAN, see CENTSPAN usage.