This Natural profile parameter can be used to adjust the current machine date (as read by using the internal machine time) by adding/subtracting a number of years to/from it. This may be useful for countries that use different calendars.
| Possible settings | -499 to 499 |
The parameter is specified as
where |
|---|---|---|
| Default setting | 0 |
|
| Dynamic specification | yes | |
| Specification within session | no |
Notes:
YD setting is not, the 1st March will be used instead of
the 29th February.
TD,
DD and
YD must be in the range of 1583 through 2699. If the
profile parameter MAXYEAR is set to
9999, the upper year limit is 7999
