NEWTOD - Version 0.0  [For IBM-Compatibles]
Manually Set The CP/M-86 System Date/Time, Or Century
Freeware from Kirk Lawrence


The time/date-setting program TOD.CMD, provided by Digital Research as part
of the CP/M-86 operating system package, has no provision for changing the
system's "century" (from 19__ to 20__, for example).  Also, TOD.CMD will
not allow the system date to be set to any decade other than the '70s, the
'80s or the '90s.  These two deficiencies are a distinct problem for CP/M-86
owners who wish to use the operating system into the 21st century, yet still
want to have the system's date and time set correctly.

NEWTOD.CMD is a quick and easy solution to these problems.  NEWTOD allows you
to manually advance the century, and also to manually set the date to =any=
decade.  

Unlike the TOD program, NEWTOD is not command line driven; it's interactive
and totally intuitive.  Just invoke NEWTOD at the CP/M-86 command prompt.  A
brief instruction screen will be displayed, along with a data entry prompt.

To advance the "century" setting, just type in the letter C and then press
the ENTER key.

To set the date and time, simply type them in using the same format that TOD
uses (MM/DD/YY HH:MM:SS).  Actually, NEWTOD isn't as picky as TOD about the
separation characters used -- so if you're more comfortable using all slashes,
or dashes, or periods, or even spaces as separators, feel free to do so.  When
you've finished entering the required data, press the ENTER key.  The system
time and date will be immediately set.

NOTE: Entering the letter C to advance the century setting also sets the
date to a default of January 1...which probably won't be the date you want.
Therefore, after setting the century, you'll then have to type in the current
date and time as described above.  This is easy to do, because after you've
set the century, NEWTOD automatically returns you to the data entry prompt.

If, at any time, you should decide that you really DON'T want to make any
changes after all, just press the ENTER key without typing anything in.
This will cause NEWTOD to exit to CP/M-86 without taking any action.

To insure maximum flexibility, NEWTOD is much less judgmental than TOD.CMD
about the data you enter.  Some rudimentary error checking is done on your
entered data, but NEWTOD =will= allow you to make a mistake.  So if you
deliberately enter ridiculous values for the time and date, you can end up
with some strange garbage on the status line at the bottom of your screen.

But don't worry.  If you make an error in the date and time information you
enter, there's no permanent harm done.  Just run NEWTOD again and enter the
data correctly.

NEWTOD is specifically designed for "CP/M-86 For The IBM PC And IBM PC XT,
Version 1.1."  It may not work with non-IBM O.E.M. versions of CP/M-86.

NEWTOD.CMD is free.  As is always the case with "freeware," there are NO
guarantees whatsoever.  If you use the program, you do so entirely at your
own risk and peril.  Your use of NEWTOD.CMD shall be prima facie evidence
under law that you understand and accept these terms and conditions.