PQ93024: The CRON calendar will not always increment the year.

 Fixes are available

PQ93024; 5.1.1: The CRON calendar will not always increment the year
Scheduler; 5.0.2.6: Cumulative fix for the Scheduler component



APAR status
Closed as program error.

Error description
The WebSphere scheduler provides two calendaring functions
to calculate task run dates.  The CRON calendar allows
specifying a string in a CRONTAB-like format to calculate
possible dates.  There is an error in the scheduler
CRON algorithm where the year may not be calculated.
For example:
Applying cron expression:
0 0 0 1 1 ?
to date:
2004-08-15 10:00
is incorrectly producing a date with the current year:
2004-01-01 00:00
The correct date should be:
2005-01-01 00:00
Local fix Problem summary
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* USERS AFFECTED: WebSphere Application Server Enterprise      *
*                 Edition 5.0.x users of the internal CRON     *
*                 calendar feature of the Scheduler function.  *
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* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The CRON calendar may not increment     *
*                      the year.                               *
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* RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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The WebSphere scheduler provides two calendaring functions
to calculate task run dates.  The CRON calendar allows
specifying a string in a CRONTAB-like format to calculate
possible dates.  There is an error in the scheduler
CRON algorithm where the year may not be calculated.
For example:
Applying cron expression:
0 0 0 1 1 ?
to date:
2004-08-15 10:00
is incorrectly producing a date with the current year:
2004-01-01 10:00
The correct date should be:
2005-01-01 10:00
Problem conclusion
The CRON calendar was fixed to increment the year properly.
Temporary fix Comments
APAR information
APAR number PQ93024
Reported component name WAS ENTERPRISE
Reported component ID 5630A3700
Reported release 00W
Status CLOSED PER
PE NoPE
HIPER NoHIPER
Special Attention NoSpecatt
Submitted date 2004-08-18
Closed date 2004-09-20
Last modified date 2004-09-20

APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Modules/Macros
SCHEDULE          

Publications Referenced

Fix information

Applicable component levels
R003 PSY    UP
R00A PSY    UP
R00H PSY    UP
R00I PSY    UP
R00S PSY    UP
R00W PSY    UP


Document Information


Product categories: Software > Application Servers > Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application Server > Enterprise Edition (EE)
Operating system(s):
Software version: 00W
Software edition:
Reference #: PQ93024
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Sep 20, 2004