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### What about IMS?

First, is your IMS current?

- V4 and earlier will fail with the first database update of 2000, due to 2-digit-year dates in the log records
- V5 can be used with a windowing approach with Release 1
- V6 is really the one you want: it is fully year 2000 ready

Do your log records have 2-digit years? Log records must be in order (and "00" does not come after "99" sequentially).

For more details on which IMS will be friendly to your applications, see IMS meets 2000 and The Turn of the Century .

For "Redpieces" (Redbooks online) with practical advice and guidance to help you with your year 2000 IMS work, see

- SG24-2211: Making your IMS Ready for Year 2000: Migrating to IMS Version 5
- SG24-2228: IMS/ESA Version 6.X