CENTSPAN parameter

CENTSPAN for date $functions

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 argument 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.

The minimum value of CENTSPAN is -99 and the maximum value is 9900.

Some of the $functions affected by the CENTSPAN parameter are:

• $Sir_Date2N
• $Sir_Date2ND
• $Sir_Date2NM
• $Sir_Date2NS
• $Sir_DateChg, $Sir_DateChk, $Sir_DateCnv, $Sir_DateDif (see Sir2000 Field Migration Facility)
• $Web_Date2N
• $Web_Date2ND
• $Web_Date2NM
• $Web_Date2NS

Some of the SOUL methods affected by the CENTSPAN parameter are:

• DaysToString
• MillisecondsToString
• SecondsToString
• StringToDays
• StringToMilliseconds
• StringToSeconds
• TimeStringConvert

For more information about CENTSPAN, see Using CENTSPAN.