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Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas HELEN E. HOLCOMB FIRST VICE PRESIDENT AND DALLAS, TEXAS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER 75265-5906 March 27, 1998 Notice 98-27 TO: The Chief Operating Officer of each financial institution and others concerned in the Eleventh Federal Reserve District SUBJECT Federal Reserve System Century Date Change Testing Plans DETAILS To keep you fully informed of the Federal Reserve System’s preparations for the Year 2000, we are enclosing details of the types of testing available to our customers in 1998. Century Date Change Bulletin No. 3 outlines three types of testing: • Single application testing will be offered for each Federal Reserve application with a customer interface. Multiple test opportunities have been established for each application. • Six “Shared Testing Days” will be offered to customers wishing to test the century rollover and/or the leap year 2000 with multiple Federal Reserve applications on the same weekend. The Shared Testing schedule also provides customers the opportunity to participate in an integrated test with the Federal Reserve’s accounting system. • End-to-end testing will be available for sending Funds and Book-Entry Securities transactions between customers. Century Date Change Bulletin No. 3 also presents the 1998 test schedules for the Funds Transfer System, National Book-Entry System (NBES), Account Balance Monitoring System (ABMS), Fed ACH, Integrated Accounting System (IAS), Savings Bonds, Treasury Tax and Loan (TT&L), as well as for an array of other Federal Reserve services. The Bulletin also discusses the necessary steps for institutions using Fedline® and/or Bulkdata software. For additional copies, bankers and others are encouraged to use one of the following toll-free numbers in contacting the Federal Reserve Bank o f Dallas: Dallas Office (800) 333-4460; El Paso Branch Intrastate (800) 592-1631, Interstate (800) 351-1012; Houston Branch Intrastate (800) 392-4162, Interstate (800) 221-0363; San Antonio Branch Intrastate (800) 292-5810. This publication was digitized and made available by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Historical Library (FedHistory@dal.frb.org) The Eleventh District Supplement details information on testing Checks, TT&L, IAS, and other District-specific products. Customer Help Desk contacts and procedures for scheduling testing are listed. The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas is considering holding free, half-day seminars throughout the Eleventh District on issues related to the CDC. So we can incorporate your needs in the programs, please complete the enclosed survey by Friday, April 17, and return to Sarah Jennings at 2200 N. Pearl St., Dallas, TX 75201, or by fax: (214) 922-5268. ENCLOSURES The Federal Reserve System’s Century Date Change Bulletin No. 3, the Eleventh District Supplement, and a survey are enclosed. MORE INFORMATION If you have any questions regarding CDC testing plans, please call your local Help Desk (numbers are listed in the Eleventh District Supplement). For additional copies of this Bank’s notice, please contact the Public Affairs Department at (214) 922-5254. Sincerely, Please route this information to: Century Date Change Federal Reserve No. 3 March 1998 Published by Federal Reserve Automation Services, San Francisco 1998 C u sto m er Testing for C en tu ry D a te Change he Federal Reserve recognizes that testing may be a major part o f your year 2000 project. To meet your testing needs and help you plan your own testing schedule, this Century Date Change Bulletin presents the 1998 Federal Reserve plans for supporting customer testing for century date change (CDC) readiness o f automated interfaces with the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve will offer support for customer C D C testing from July 1998 through late 1999. Plans for customer C D C testing in 1999 will be published later this year. T What is in this Bulletin • Fed ACH • the Integrated Accounting System (IAS) Statistical Reporting and Reserves Processing; An overview o f the 1998 C D C customer test approach o f other Federal Reserve applications with electronic data exchanges: Automated Standard Application for Payments (ASAP) Billing Cash This Bulletin presents: Checks • A description o f 1998 CDC test opportunities, including the types o f testing we will be offering, and the test environments and support we will provide; the C om m unity Reinvestment Act (CRA) application Inform ation on steps to take with Fedline®1 software and Bulkdata to prepare for C D C testing with the Federal Reserve; the Electronic Tax Application (ETA) The schedule and application plans for Federal Reserve application participation in C D C Shared Testing Days; Savings Bonds • • • D etailed in fo rm atio n on test en v iro n m en t availability, test guidelines, and the individual 1998 application schedules for testing specific future-date cycles for: • the Funds Transfer System, the National BookEntry System (NBES), and the A ccount Balance Monitoring System (ABMS) 1 “Fedline" is a registered trademark o f the Federal Reserve Banks. the Daylight Overdraft Reporting System (DORPS) the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) application the Treasury Auction Automated Processing System (TAAPS) the Trading Room Auction Processing System (TRAPS) Treasury Tax and Loan (TT&L). Where you can find more details on the Federal Reserve’s plans and strategies related to C D C customer testing. Century Date Change Bulletin The 1998 Test Opportunities In 1998, we will offer our customers the opportunity to test in future-dated environments with all the Federal Reserve applications which interface with you. The primary purpose o f providing these environments is to enable you to test your automated front-end and/ or back-end interfaces with Federal Reserve applications to ensure that your interfaces are C D C ready. Each application will offer an environment in which customers can test, at a minimum, these future date scenarios, which include business days that span: C e n tu r y rollover December 31, 1999, through January 3, 2000, and Leap year 2 0 0 0 accounting application. This will enable you to see the effects o f test transactions entered into particip atin g business applications on your accounting statements and to validate your internal reconciliation processes. Shared Testing Days provide you maximum flexibility in planning and scheduling C D C testing in 1998. For example, if you are a Computer Interface customer or a customer using the Fedline software, and your term inals are dedicated to p ro d u ctio n on m ost weekdays, these C D C Shared Testing Days will provide you with weekend test time when you can test with m any o f o ur m ajor services outside o f routine production hours. End-to-End Testing in the CD C Environment February 28, 2000, through March 1, 2000. These cycles will be repeated within each application’s test en v iro n m e n t, giving custom ers m u ltip le opportunities to test. End-to-end testing-- between customer endpoints- will be available for sending funds or book-entry securities transactions between customers. Fed ACH customers may complete end-to-end testing by originating files to themselves. Types of Testing Available to You in 1998 CDC Test Environments and Controls Single Application Testing For each Federal Reserve application with customer interfaces, the Federal Reserve will offer flexible schedules and multiple opportunities to test input and/ or output to that individual application. Shared Testing Days In addition to the individual application test schedules, the Federal Reserve has designated six weekends in 1998 as “Shared Testing Days.” These Shared Testing Days will support three objectives: • to offer the opportunity for customers to test century rollover with multiple Federal Reserve applications on the same weekend; • to offer the opportunity for customers to test leap year 2000 w ith m u ltip le Federal Reserve applications on the same weekend; and • to offer the opportunity for customers to participate in an integrated test o f major Federal Reserve payments applications with the Federal Reserve’s The Federal Reserve’s customer test environments will simulate future dates through the use o f a date sim ulation tool. Prior to making the C D C test environments available to you, the Federal Reserve will have completed its C D C testing o f Fedline, Bulkdata, and the internal application systems that process your transactions. Therefore, the test environments we provide you for testing your electronic data exchanges will be C D C ready. In most cases, you will be connecting to new, special environments for C D C testing, and we will provide detailed instructions prior to testing on how to set up y o u r Fedline term in al or C o m p u te r Interface connection and how to connect to the C D C test environments. C D C testing will not require a separate physical telecommunications line. As with all customer testing, the Federal Reserve will im p lem en t co n tro ls to p ro te ct its p ro d u c tio n environment against the introduction o f C D C test data. Consequently, the Federal Reserve may require additional or special preparatory procedures prior to Federal Reserve 2 Century Date Change Bulletin your testing. We will provide these requirements to you in the next Bulletin. Similarly, we encourage you to examine your test processes and configurations to ensure the separation o f test and production data in your own organization throughout C D C testing. CDC Test Support Customers with questions regarding C D C testing should contact the local Reserve Bank customer support help desk. Test support and details regarding testing procedures will be provided by help desk staff. Staff will be able to answer questions regarding schedules, schedule test dates, and arrange scheduling o f special tests. Staff also will assist with Fedline software setup and/or connectivity and help resolve problems. Customers desiring specific test cycle dates or other scenarios should discuss these requests with the help desk staff as early as possible. In some cases, additional test support also will be provided by local Reserve Bank business support staff, including support for Fed A CH, IAS, Statistical Reporting and Reserves Processing, and TT&L. For customers who interact with multiple Reserve Banks, C D C test coordinators will facilitate arrangements for testing with multiple Reserve Banks. 1999 CDC Testin The Federal Reserve will offer opportunities for customer-initiated testing o f C D C through 1999. Even if you conduct comprehensive C D C testing in 1998, it may be possible that you may still need to retest in 1999 based on changes to your environment. Fedline and Bulkdata For Fedline Customers A patch for DOS-based Fedline will be provided to all Fedline customers in the second quarter o f 1998. Customers are asked to install the patch immediately on receipt as part o f C D C readiness preparations. The “C D C patch” ensures the correct presentation of 21st century dates on screens and printed acknowledgments. There are no date field expansions, other screen changes, or file/message format changes included in the patch for the DOS-based Fedline product. The Federal Reserve will extensively test this patch and all Fedline data entry and transaction processing functions to validate that Fedline handles year 2000 processing correctly. In addition to installing the patch, Fedline customers have a number o f other important steps to complete as part o f C D C readiness preparations. Fedline users must complete an assessment o f the PC hardware used for Fedline and determine if new hardware is needed. Also, Fedline customers should evaluate their CD C testing needs. This evaluation should include any needs for internal testing o f files or messages created or processed by internally-developed or vendor-provided systems. It also should include the need for interface testing with the Federal Reserve to ensure that those files or messages process through Federal Reserve systems correctly. Each o f these steps is described below. Assessment o f Fedline PC Hardware Much has been in the news regarding problems that personal computers may have with the transition to the year 2000. All personal computers have an internal clock that maintains and reports the date and time. In some computers, the year is stored and processed as two rather than four digits. The year 2000 will affect these computers, just as it affects other automation systems, including mainframe computers and computer software. You may plan to upgrade your PC equipment prior to the year 2000 to support your migration to FedLine for the Windows NT®2Workstation operating system3, or for other reasons. If so, you should ensure that any newly-purchased PC equipment includes a statement that it is C D C ready. You also should complete a test on the new equipment to verify not only that it works with FedLine, but that it correctly functions with all o f your other business applications. 2 “W indows N T ” is a registered trademark o f M icrosoft Corporation. 3 To run the new FedLine effectively under W indows N T Workstation, yo u may need a more powerful P C configuration than y o u have today. In the FedLine newsletter o f October 1997, we recommended that new equipmentpurchases be delayed un til as close to the transition date as possible, in order to take advantage ofthe latest technology. This continues to be our recommendation. Federal Reserve Century Date Change Bulletin Alternatively, if you plan to use your current PC to run Fedline for DOS through the year 2000, you will need to test this equipment as well, to assess how it handles year 2000 processing. The Federal Reserve will provide specific procedures for testing your Fedline PC for year 2000 readiness in upcoming publications. These procedures will include steps to protect your production business transactions during testing. Use caution if you plan to do any PC testing on y o u r own p rio r to receiving these procedures. Your Internal Testing O nce you have installed the C D C patch and thoroughly tested the PC hardware, the next step is internal testing. If you use internally-developed systems or vendor products to prepare or process Fedline files and/or messages, you will need to test these systems to ensure that they process dates correctly into the year 2000. At a minimum, you should test to ensure that these systems can process dates correctly through the century change, and through the year 2000 leap year span. Additional test criteria may be applicable to your systems, depending on their functions. It is your responsibility to ensure that your systems function properly. Fedline can be useful in performing some o f your internal testing. For some applications, the import, browse, and reporting functions can be used to verify correct C D C date processing in files or messages created from your systems. As with the testing o f your hardware, you can ensure that the forward-dated testing does not present risk to production transactions by testing in TEST mode. Once your internal systems have been tested for year 2000 readiness, you may want to test your front-end or back-end automated interfaces with Federal Reserve applications, using Fedline to communicate with the Federal Reserve Bank. Testing with the Federal Reserve Bank Fedline customers will have the opportunity to test their internal interfaces to the individual Federal Reserve applications separately, or can participate in the weekend Shared Testing Days. Please review the detailed information and schedules for testing provided in this Bulletin, as well as in your local Reserve Bank District Supplement, to develop your test plans and determine the next steps for arranging testing with the Federal Reserve. For Bulkdata Customers The Bulkdata User File Header will not change; it will retain its two-digit year format. As a result, there will be no changes to the Bulkdata Computer Interface Protocol Specifications (CIPS). If your application interprets the Bulkdata User File header as part o f its programming logic, you may need to modify your code to interpret “00” correctly, since the User File Header will continue to use two-digit years. For Computer Interface customers that have Bulkdata installed on their own mainframe systems, a new version o f MVS Bulkdata (Version 5.1.3C) will allow correct processing o f files when the date changes from December 31, 1999, to January 1, 2000. Bulkdata 5.1.3C will be available to you from your local Reserve Bank in April 1998. You will need to schedule your Bulkdata installation between April and June 1998, if you intend for your systems to be prepared by July 1998 to participate in CD C testing with Federal Reserve file transfer applications. Version 5.1.3C must be installed in a test environment in order to conduct C D C testing o f file origination. If you do not have a test Bulkdata system, you will need to create one, which can be accomplished using the automated “quick install” process. Please note, however, that this new version is not necessary to conduct C D C testing o f file receipt functions. CDC 1998 Shared Testing Days During 1998, the Federal Reserve will offer six Shared Testing Days weekends. Four o f these will be devoted to testing century rollover and will include an integrated test with IAS for the future date o f January 3, 2000. The other two will be for testing the processing o f leap year 2000. Federal Reserve Century Date Change Bulletin The three tables below provide further information on Shared Testing Days. Table 1 presents the 1998 Shared Testing Day schedule for the century rollover and the Saturday integrated tests. Table 2 presents the Shared Testing Day schedule for the leap year 2000 tests. Table 3 details each Federal Reserve application’s plans for participation in Shared Testing Days, for century rollover, leap year 2000, and the integrated tests with IAS. Table 1 1998 Shared Testing Day Schedulefor Century Rollover and Integrated Tests F utu re D a te of: D ecem ber 31, 1999 J a n u a ry 3, 2 0 0 0 Testing Weekends: Friday, September 18 Saturday, September 19 * Friday, October 16 Saturday, October 17 * Friday, Novem ber 20 Saturday, Novem ber 21 * Friday, D ecem ber 11 Saturday, D ecem ber 12 * 8:30 A .M .-10:30 P.M. 8:30 A.M. - 2:00 P.M. Test Times (ET): IAS recon files available: 5:30 P.M. On these Saturdays, some applications will offer integrated testing with IA S (see Table 3 fo r the applications participating in these tests). It may be necessaryfo r customers to sign up in advance to participate in the integrated tests. T able 2 1998 Shared Testing Day Schedulefor Leap Year 20004 Future D a te of: F ebruary 28, 2 0 0 0 F eb ru ary 29, 2 0 0 0 M a rch 1, 2 0 0 0 Testing Weekend: Friday, October 9 Saturday, October 10 Sunday, October 11 Test Times (ET): 8:30 A.M.-10:30 P.M. 8:30 A.M.-10:30 P.M. 8:30 A.M.- 2:30 P.M. Testing Weekend: Friday, Novem ber 13 Saturday, Novem ber 14 Saturday, Novem ber 14 Test Times (ET): 8:30 A .M .-10:30 P.M. 8:30 A.M.-11:00 A.M. 3:00 P.M.- 5:30 P.M. 4 Thefirst test o f leap year 2 000processing w ill span Friday, Saturday, and Sunday o f Columbus D ay weekend. The second test w ill “roll through” the threefuture dates on two testing d ays- Friday and Saturday. Federal Reserve 5 Century Date Change Bulletin Table 3 Federal Reserve Application Plansfor Participation in Shared Testing Days N a m e o f A p p lic a tio n C e n tu ry R o llo v er S h a re d Testing D ays L e a p Year 2 0 0 0 S h a re d Testing Days In te g r a te d Tests w ith IA S Account Balance Monitoring System Yes Yes Yes ASAP No No No Billing No No No Cash Ordering No No No Checks Yes Check Adjustments Yes, per individual Reserve Bank’s schedule Yes, per individual Reserve Bank’s schedule Varies, per individual Reserve Bank’s schedule Yes Yes The Com m unity Reinvestment Act (CRA) software No No No The Daylight Overdraft Reporting System (DO R PS) No No No Electronic Tax Application (ETA) Novem ber 13 and 14 only October 16 and 17 only No Funds Transfer Yes Yes Yes Fed A C H Yes Yes Yes The H om e Mortgage Disclosure Act (H M D A ) software No No No Integrated Accounting System (IAS) Yes Yes Yes National Book-Entry System (NBES) Yes Yes Yes Savings Bonds No No No Statistical Reporting and Reserve Processing No No No TAAPS Yes TRAPS and Fedline O pen Market (OM ) Yes TT&L Yes Novem ber 13 and 14 only No Each Reserve Bank will participate in one o f the two tests Federal Reserve 6 No No Yes Century Date Change Bulletin Detailed Test Plans for Federal Reserve Applications Saturday testing, the test system will remain available for online processing later on Friday nights, until 10:30 P.M. ET. This section presents the individual standalone test plans and schedules for six Federal Reserve applications: Funds Transfer; NBES; ABMS; Fed ACH; IAS; and Statistical Reporting and Reserves Processing. Each schedule is organized to meet the unique needs of customers and the business application functions.5 On Saturdays, the test environment will be available for online processing for five hours, from 10:00 A.M. ET until 3:00 P.M. ET, with end-of-day report processing after the 3:00 P.M. ET close. Test Guidelines Funds Transfer, National Book-Entry System (NBES), and the Account Balance Monitoring System (ABMS) You will be able to test all online functionality for Funds, NBES, and ABMS during the defined testing periods. Customers will be able to send and receive wires with other Fedwire customers at any time in the C D C test schedule, as they can in the regular depository institution testing (DIT) environment . There will be no limits on customer-initiated volume. Some customers may want to perform both lowvolume scripted tests and higher volume tests. Most days, the applications will make all end-of-day reports and files available for you. Funds Transfer, NBES, and ABMS will be in the same future-dated test environment, and will offer the same test schedule. This schedule was developed in cooperation with other securities and funds providers. Future Date Test Cycles The century date rollover sequence o f December 30, 1999, through January 4, 2000, will be available for testing Monday through Thursday during most fiveday work weeks each month in 1998, beginning the week ofjune 29, 1998. We do not plan to cold-start the applications nightly, as is done in the DIT. This will leave messages on queue from day-to-day and allow book-entry customers the opportunity to determine their proper holdings on any given day in the test sequence. A cold-start will be performed before beginning each new sequence of cycle dates (e.g., Thursday and Saturday nights). In addition, the securities holdings will be restored to a pre identified point in time for each testing sequence. Details will be provided in the next Bulletin on testing for securities that will mature prior to the year 2000. In general, Friday and Saturday testing will alternate between century rollover tests o f December 31,1999, through January 3, 2000, and tests o f leap year processing for February 28, through February 29,2000. Holiday weeks and occasional other weeks will be reserved for special cycle dates, such as tests o f monthend and quarter-end processing in the year 2000. We will n o t require customers to com plete the communications protocol or application certification scripts. However, if requested, local Reserve Bank customer support help desk staff will be prepared to assist customers in executing those test scripts. Test Environment Availability Each Monday, the first future date o f the date cycle will be available for on-line testing for five hours, from 8:30 A.M. ET until 1:30 P.M. ET. End-of-day report processing will be completed after the 1:30 P.M. ET close Monday afternoon. FLASH customers will connect to the C D C DIT instead o f the usual DIT environment. Some FRISC customers may require an IMS gen performed both on their own system and in the Federal Reserve’s system. The Federal Reserve may need to set up additional data security rules for FRISC customers. Beginning on Monday night at 6:00 P.M. ET, the next future date will be available for online testing for 19.5 hours, until 1:30 P.M. ET Tuesday afternoon, with endof-day report processing after the 1:30 P.M. ET close. Schedule This pattern o f availability from 6:00 P.M. ET through 1:30 P.M. ET the following day will continue through the week to Friday at 1:30 P.M. ET. On weeks with Table 4 presents the 1998 Funds Transfer, NBES, and ABMS test schedule. S For information on these applications’participation in Shared Testing Days, refer to Table 3. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- — — Federal Reserve 7 - Century Date Change Bulletin T able 4 Funds Transfer, NBES, and AB M S 1998 CDC Test Schedule 1998 Test W e e k * Test Days F utu re D a te s D a te S ce n a rio s 6/29 MTWThF 12/30, 12/31, 1/3, 1/4,1/5 Century rollover 7/6 M TW Th FS 12/30, 12/31, 1/3, 1/4 12/31, 1/3 Century rollover Century rollover 7/13 M TW Th FS 12/30, 12/31, 1/3, 1/4 2/28, 2/29 Century rollover Leap year 2000 7/20 M TW Th FS 12/30, 12/31, 1/3, 1/4 12/31, 1/3 Century rollover Century rollover 7/27 MT WThF 9/8 /9 9 ,9 /9 /9 9 2/28,2/29,3/1 Application-specific test Leap year 2000 8/3 M TW Th FS 12/30, 12/31, 1/3, 1/4 12/31, 1/3 Century rollover Century rollover 8/10 MTWThF 12/30, 12/31, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5 Century rollover 8/17 MTWThF 12/30, 12/31, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5 Century rollover 8/24 MT WThF 1/3 1 ,2 /1 2 /2 8 ,2 /2 9 , 3/1 Month end 2000 Leap year 2000 8/31 MTWThF 12/30, 12/31, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5 Century rollover 9/7 WThF 2/28, 2/29, 3/1 Leap year 2000 9/14 M TW Th FS 12/30, 12/31, 1/3, 1/4 12/31, 1/3* Century rollover Shared Testing Days o f Century rollover 9/21 M TW Th FS 12/30, 12/31, 1/3, 1/4 12/31, 1/3 Century rollover Century rollover with C H IPS and SWIFT on 1/3 9/28 M TW Th FS 12/30, 12/31, 1/3, 1/4 2/29, 3/1 Century rollover Leap year 2000 Integrated test opportunity. Federal Reserve 8 Century Date Change Bulletin Table 4 (co n tin u ed ) Funds Transfer, NBES, and ABM S 1998 CDC Test Schedule 1998 Test W e e k * Test Days Futu re D a te s D a te S ce n a rio s 10/5 M TW Th FSSu 12/30, 12/31, 1/3, 1/4 2/28, 2/29, 3/1 Century rollover Shared Testing days o f Leap year 2000 10/12 T W Th FS 9/9/99 3 /3 1 ,4 /3 12/31, 1/3* Application-specific test Quarter end 2000 Shared Testing Days o f Century rollover 10/19 MTW Th FS 12/30, 12/31, 1/3, 1/4 12/31, 1/3 Century rollover Century rollover 10/26 MTW Th FS 12 /30,12/31, 1/3, 1/4 2/28, 2/29 Century rollover Leap year 2000 11/2 MT WThF 1 /3 1 ,2 /1 2/28, 2/29, 3/1 M onth end 2000 Leap year 2000 11/9 TTh F S 3 /3 1 ,4 /3 2/28 2/29, 3/1 Quarter end 2000 Shared testing days o f Leap year 2000 11/16 M TW Th FS 12/30, 12/31, 1/3, 1/4 12/31, 1/3* Century rollover Shared Testing Days o f Century rollover 11/23 M TW 9/9/99 1 /3 1 ,2 /1 Application-specific test M onth end 2000 11/30 M TW Th FS 12/30, 12/31, 1/3, 1/4 2/29, 3/1 Century rollover Leap year 2000 12/7 M TW Th FS 12/30, 12/31, 1/3, 1/4 12/31, 1/3* Century rollover Shared Testing Days o f Century rollover 12/14 M TW Th FS 12/30, 12/31, 1/3, 1/4 2/28, 2/29 Century rollover Leap year 2000 12/21 N o testing 12/28 N o testing Integrated test opportunity. Federal Reserve 9 Century Date Change Bulletin FedACH Future Date Test Cycles Fed ACH will offer testing for the century rollover for the processing dates December 29, 1999, through January 3, 2000, and testing for leap year processing for the dates o f February 28,2000, through March 1,2000. Test Environment Availability will provide ample time to resolve any problems and su b m it successful files in to the fu tu re-d ated environment. For example, on July 13 and 14, 1998, the environment will be set for the future date o f February 28. Testing could begin at 8:00 A.M. ET on July 13. Immediate Settlement will run at 8:00 P.M. ET. Testing for February 28 could continue at 8:00 A.M. ET on July 14, until close at 8:00 P.M. ET. Test Guidelines The C D C test environment for customers will be available Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. ET to 8:00 P.M. ET. Saturday hours will be 8:00 A.M. ET until 5:00 P.M. ET. For the purpose o f C D C testing, Fed ACH, which has a 24-hour processing day, has spread each future date over two consecutive days o f 12 hours o f test time. This In 1998, Fed ACH will provide customers with a futuredated test system where they can test their ability to create and send input files to Fed ACH, pick up advices, and receive and process output files from Fed ACH. Schedule Table 5 presents the 1998 Fed ACH test schedule. Table 5 Fed A C H 1998 CDC Test Schedule 1998 Test W e e k Test Days F utu re D a te s D a te S ce n a rio s 6/29 MT W Th F 12/29 12/30 12/31 Century rollover 7/6 M TW 12/31 1/3 Century rollover continued 7/13 MT W Th FS 2/28 2/29 3/1 Leap year 2000 7/20 N o Testing 7/27 MT W Th FS 12/29 12/30 12/31 Century rollover 8/3 MT 1/3 Century rollover continued 8/10 MT W Th FS 2/28 2/29 3/1 Leap year 2000 8/17 N o Testing 8/24 MT W Th FS 12/29 12/30 12/31 Century rollover 8/31 MW 1/3 Century rollover continued Federal Reserve 10 Century Date Change Bulletin T able 5 (co n tin u ed ) Fed A C H 1998 CD C Test Schedule 1998 Test W eek * Test Days F utu re D a te s D a te S ce n a rio s 9/7 MT W Th F 2/28 2/29 3/1 Leap year 2000 9/14 M FS 3/1 12/31, 1/3* Leap year continued Shared Testing Days o f Century rollover. 9/21 MT WTh FS 12/29 12/30 12/31 Century rollover 9/28 MT 1/3 Century rollover continued 10/5 FSSu 2/28, 2/29, 3/1 Shared Testing Days o f Leap year 2000 10/12 FS 12/31, 1/3* Shared Testing days o f Century rollover 10/19 MT W Th FS 12/29 12/30 12/31 Century rollover 10/26 MT 1/3 Century rollover continued 11/2 MT WTh F 2/28 2/29 3/1 Leap year 2000 11/9 M F S 3/1 2/28 2/29, 3/1 Leap year continued Shared Testing Days o f Leap year 2000 11/16 FS 12/31,1/3 * Shared Testing Days o f Century rollover 11/23 MT 1/3 Century rollover 11/30 MT WTh F 2/28 2/29 3/1 Leap year 2000 12/7 M FS 3/1 12/31, 1/3* Leap year continued Shared Testing Days o f Century rollover 12/14 MT W Th FS 12/29 12/30 12/31 Century rollover 12/21 MT 1/3 Century rollover continued 12/28 MT W Th 2/28 2/29 Leap year 2000 1/4/99 MT 3/1 Leap year 2000 continued Integrated Test opportunity Federal Reserve 11 Century Date Change Bulletin The Integrated Accounting System (IAS) Future Date Test Cycles Two future-dated test cycles will be offered: the century rollover and leap year processing. The century rollover test cycle will be December 30, 1999, through January 3,2000. The leap year processing cycle will be February 28, 2000, through March 1, 2000. The CD C customer test approach for IAS spreads each future-dated test day over a two-week period. The first week o f testing for each future date will be available for customer balance and Payments System Risk (PSR) inquiries. During the second test week o f each future date, customers can request reconcilement files and statements, in addition to making inquiries. The M onday at the beginning o f each cycle and the Saturday and Sunday at the end o f each cycle have been reserved for application set-up, and testing cannot be accommodated during these periods. This basic test cycle will be repeated in its entirety twice during 1998, and the schedule will be repeated during 1999. Test Environment Availability IAS will use an existing test region with a date simulation tool to support customer testing for CDC. Logical terminal names for Fedline and Computer Interface testing may need to be genned if you have not previously tested with IAS. The test environm ent will be available M onday through Friday from 7:00 A.M. ET to 10:00 P.M. ET daily. Saturday testing will be available by special request. Central test support staff will be available from 8:30 A M . ET to 5:00 P.M. ET daily. Test Guidelines Testing will include intra-day Fedline access as well as intra-day depository institution reporting and end o f day reporting and reconcilement file distribution. Future and deferred transactions will be created so transactions entered in 1999 and maturing in 2000 can be reconciled. Customers will need to work with local Reserve Bank contacts to arrange to receive these files as well as to set up any testing terminals for IMS access to the test region. Customer testing should focus on the processing o f the reconcilement file for the period spanning the end o f year 1999 and the beginning o f the year 2000. Other reports, files and displays are not as date sensitive, since they do not contain data which span the millennium change. However, other functions besides processing o f reconcilement files that may be tested include: • Statement processing; • DFI balance and PSR Inquiries (as described in the CIPS script); and • Cash Management. Routine procedures for reserving specific test dates and times will apply. However, due to the tight schedule in 1998, requests for CD C testing dates other than those included in this Bulletin cannot be accommodated until at least December 1998. Schedule Table 6 presents the 1998 IAS test schedule. Federal Reserve 12 Century Date Change Bulletin T able 6 IAS 1998 CDC Test Schedule6 1998 Test W e e k Futu re D a te s D a te S ce n a rio s 6/29 TWThF 12/30 Century rollover 7/6 MTWThF 12/30 Century rollover continued 7/13 MTWThF 12/31 Century rollover continued 7/20 MTWThF 12/31 Century rollover continued 7/27 MTWThF 1/3 Century rollover continued 8/3 MTWThF 1/3 Century rollover continued 8/10 TWThF 2/28 Leap year 2000 8/17 MTWThF 2/28 Leap year continued 8/24 MTWThF 2/29 Leap year continued 8/31 MTWThF 2/29 Leap year continued 9/7 MTWThF 3/1 Leap year continued 9/14 M TW Th 3/1 Leap year continued FS 12/31,1/3* Shared Testing Days o f Century rollover 12/30 Century rollover 9/21 N o Testing 9/28 TWThF 10/5 M TW Th 12/30 Century rollover continued FSSu 2/28, 2/29, 3/1 Shared Testing Days o f Leap year. M TW Th 12/31 Century rollover continued FS 12/31, 1/3* Shared Testing Days o f Century rollover 10/19 MTWThF 12/31 Century rollover continued 10/26 MTWThF 1/3 Century rollover continued 10/12 11/2 MTWThF 1/3 Century rollover continued 11/9 TW Th 2/28 Leap year 2000 F 2/28 Shared Testing Days o f Leap year S 2/29, 3/1 M TW Th 2/28 Leap year continued FS 12/31, 1/3* Shared Testing Days o f Century rollover 11/23 MTWThF 2/29 Leap year continued 11/30 MTWThF 2/29 Leap year continued 12/7 M TW Th 3/1 Leap year continued. FS 12/31, 1/3* Shared Testing Days o f Century rollover MTWThF 3/1 Leap year continued 11/16 12/14 * Test Days 12/21 Special Requests 12/28 Special Requests Integrated, test opportunity. ^ There w ill be no testing on holidays. Federal Reserve 13 Century Date Change Bulletin The Statistical Reporting and Reserves Processing Application Test Guidelines Future Date Scenarios The Statistical Reporting and Reserves Processing application will be available to customers, beginning in July 1998, to support requests for processing future dates for C D C testing. Customers will have a variety o f future date scenarios from which to choose. These include: submitting December 1999 reports to a January 2000 test environment; receiving reports reflecting January 2000 dates from a year 2000 environment; sending and receiving reports across leap year 2000 using a March 2000 date; and, processing quarterly reports using an April 2000 date. Test Environment Availability Customers will use Fedline software to connect to the Statistical Reporting and Reserves Processing test application, which will be located in a C D C futuredated test environment. The test environment will be available during routine business hours on selected days and weekends, through late 1999. During the first two weeks o f July 1998, the test en v iro n m e n t will be available to receive electronically transmitted report files only. The test system will be available on selected weeks beginning the week o f August 3, 1998, for you to perform more comprehensive testing. Customers may validate the ability o f internallydeveloped software or vendor-provided software to electronically transmit report files using Fedline. Local Reserve Bank customer support help desk staff or a local statistical reporting and reserves processing testing contact will confirm receipt o f files. Customers also may want to validate year 2000 reserves and positionrelated files received from the Statistical Reporting and Reserves Processing application and processed by internally-developed or vendor-provided software. For tests o f report requests, customers can request and receive Required Reserves, Position, Penalty History, Estimated Reserves and Position Calculations, and Account Balance reports, using the future-date test scenarios described above. In addition, customers may request the receipt o f unsolicited Reserves and Position reports, and As-of Adjustment statements. Vendor software providers should note that there are no C D C format changes to the CIPS. Information regarding CIPS formats for C D C processing has previously been supplied to vendor software providers. Schedule Table 7 presents the 1998 Statistical Reporting and Reserves Processing test schedule. Table 7 Statistical Reporting and Reserves Processing 1998 CDC Test Schedule 1998 Test W e e k Test Days Futu re D a te s D a te S cen ario s 7/6 W ThS Business day in January 2000 Century rollover 7/13 W ThS Business day in March 2000 Leap year 2000 8/3 W ThS Business day in January 2000 Century rollover 10/5 W ThS Business day in April 2000 Quarter end 2000 12/7 W ThS Business day in January 2000 Century rollover Federal Reserve 14 Century Date Change Bulletin CDC Testing Approach for Other Federal Reserve Applications In add itio n to the test plans for the six m ajor applications presented in the previous section, many other Federal Reserve applications also are available for customer testing in 1998. The test approach for each is described below. In some cases, a detailed schedule will be provided at a later date. In other cases, testing can be arranged upon request. Table 8 summarizes the test scheduling plans o f each listed Federal Reserve application for 1998 testing. T able 8 Other Federal Reserve Application Test Scheduling Plans N a m e of A p p lic a tio n For M ore In fo rm a tio n S cheduling In fo rm a tio n C o m m e n ts ASAP The help desk at the primary Regional Finance Center in Philadelphia, at (215) 516-8021, to set up test data Detailed schedule will be published in C D C Bulletin N o. 4; notify the ASAP hotline at (804) 697-8384 on the day you wish to test Details on test plans and approach provided below Billing Local Reserve Bank customer support help desk By arrangement; call at least two weeks in advance To test receipt o f Federal Reserve billing file for processing with your back-end interface Cash Ordering Local Reserve Bank customer support help desk By arrangement Checks Local Reserve Bank customer support help desk Detailed schedules will be published in District C D C Supplements The Com m unity Reinvestment Act (CRA) software CRA Assistance line at (202) 872-7584 CRA web site at www.ffiec.gov/cra By arrangement; the Board o f Governors will offer testing from August to Novem ber 1998; a similar test period will be offered in 1999 Local Reserve Bank customer support help desk By arrangement; call at least two weeks in advance Email to “crahelp@frb.gov” Daylight Overdraft Reporting System (DO R PS) Federal Reserve 15 Details on test plans and approach provided below To test receipt o f D O R P S file Century Date Change Bulletin Table 8 (co n tin u ed ) Other Federal Reserve Application Test Scheduling Plans N a m e of A p p lic atio n For M ore In fo rm a tio n S cheduling In fo rm a tio n Electronic Tax Application (ETA) Local Reserve Bank customer support help desk Provided below The H om e Mortgage Disclosure Act (H M D A ) software The H M D A Help Line at the Federal Reserve Bank o f St. Louis at (314) 444-4600 By arrangement; member banks will be able to test beginning in Sept. or Oct. 1998 Savings Bonds The Reserve Bank office that processes your savings bond orders at the savings bond customer service number you routinely use: at Buffalo, Richmond, Pittsburgh, M inneapolis, or Kansas City By arrangement; call at least one m onth in advance Details on test plans and approach provided below TAAPS Local Reserve Bank customer support help desk Detailed schedule will be published in C D C Bulletin N o. 4 Details on test plans and approach provided below TRAPS and Fedline O pen Market (OM) Ken Masselli o f the Federal Reserve Bank o f N ew York at (212) 720-5289 By arrangement; call at least two weeks in advance Details on test plans and approach provided below TT&L Local Reserve Bank customer support help desk Detailed schedules will be published in District C D C Supplements Details on test plans and approach provided below Federal Reserve 16 C o m m e n ts Details on test plans and approach provided below Century Date Change Bulletin Thefollowing sections provide details on 1998 CDC test plans and approach for some of the individual applications referenced in the previous table. Automated Standard Application for Payments (ASAP) Institutions that initiate payments on behalf of Federal Grant recipients (structured Funds Transfer typecode 1031 wires) with internally-developed or vendorprovided software, may want to test their application interfaces with the Federal Reserve for C D C. As part o f developing an internal test plan, we recommend that customers work directly with their vendors to obtain information on their products’ compliance for the century rollover. It is your responsibility to ensure that your software will be C D C ready. Electronic Cash Letter; Payor Bank Services; Image Services; and Adjustment Services. At a minimum, we will offer testing o f the following date scenarios: the century rollover o f December 31, 1999, through January 3, 2000; and leap year 2000 processing for February 28, through March 1,2000. Each local Reserve Bank will w ork closely w ith its custom ers to accommodate testing needs; C D C testing will be offered at the local Federal Reserve Office level. You will be able to test the century rollover and leap year 2000 scenarios. To accommodate C D C testing, the existing non-C D C test schedule will be changed. N on-CD C testing will be available all day Thursday (instead o f Tuesday and Friday afternoons) and the other weekdays will be devoted to C D C testing. Checks For our check customers, each Federal Reserve Bank will provide environments to allow testing o f futuredated electronic services, including but not limited to: Federal Reserve 17 Century Date Change Bulletin Each Reserve Bank’s C D C District Supplement to this Bulletin will provide detailed information on customer testing, descriptions o f the Reserve Bank’s general testing approach, test date scenarios, test schedules and customer test guidelines. Checks will support testing during the Shared Testing Days (see Table 3). The tests during the third quarter will be in concert with the Funds Transfer weekday schedule. ETA’s weekday century rollover test o f December 31, 1999, through January 3,2000, will follow the Funds Transfer schedule on August 4 and 5, 1998. The leap year 2000 test o f February 28, through March 1,2000, will follow the Funds Transfer test schedule on July 29, 30, and 31, 1998. During fourth quarter, ETA will support testing during the Shared Testing Days (see Table 3). The Electronic Tax Application (ETA)7 Depository institutions who submit value or non-value same-day tax payments on behalf of their customers to the Federal Reserve’s ETA send these payments through the Funds Transfer system or key-enter information directly into the Fedline Tax Deposit (TD) application. During 1998, ETA will support a test of century rollover and of leap year 2000 in both the third and fourth quarters. On the days ETA offers testing, you can submit the test tax payments at any time during the hours o f CDC test environment availability for Funds Transfer. You will receive an acknowledgment from Funds Transfer for your transaction(s), but no further notification will be provided from ETA unless there is a problem. If there is a problem, your transaction(s) will be returned to you from ETA. If you test with Fedline TD, you will receive an acknowledgment from ETA when your transactions are accepted. If there is a problem, your transaction(s) also will be returned to you. It should be noted that during these tests ETA will not be monitoring time zone cut-offs. Savings Bonds Depository institutions which serve as savings bond agents and submit automated savings bond orders to the Federal Reserve may want to test their application interfaces for CD C. That is, if you use internallydeveloped or vendor-provided software to create the savings bonds files which you transmit via Fedline, diskette or Bulkdata, you may want to test with the Federal Reserve. In developing your own internal test plan, we recommend that you work directly with your vendor to obtain information on its product compliance for the cen tu ry rollover. It is each in s titu tio n ’s responsibility to ensure that its vendors will be CD C ready. Testing schedules will be managed on a case-by-case basis by each processing site. We recommend that test files be limited to fewer than 50 transactions. 7 Century Date Change Bulletin N o. 1, dated A ugust, 1997, indicated that the tax paym ent date on the screen in the Fedline TD application w ould he expanded to includefour-digityears. Instead, Fedline TD has elected to remove the date on the screen, so that the transaction date w ill be the same as the Fedline system date. Federal Reserve 18 Century Date Change Bulletin The savings bond interface file format is not changing for C D C . C D C ready versions o f savings bond software developed by the Federal Reserve to key-enter savings bond orders will be available prior to CD C testing in July. These software applications are PCRDS, PSBOS, and Fedline. If you submit payroll saving bond orders, expect to receive additional information on C D C testing from your savings bond processing site early in 1998. Treasury Auction Automated Processing System (TAAPS) Beginning in July 1998, a future-dated test environment will be available for C D C testing o f TAAPS. Testing will be offered during the first full work week o f each month, Monday through Friday, from 10:00 A.M. ET to 5:00 P.M. ET. Test cases during the first week o f the m onth will be for the century rollover, that is, the last business day o f 1999 through the first week o f 2000. Special case testing o f other date scenarios, including leap year 2000 processing, will be supported the second full week o f each month, also beginning in July. No C D C testing with TAAPS will be offered in weeks three and four o f each month. TAAPS will support testing during the Shared Testing Days (see Table 3). Trading Room Auction Processing System (TRAPS) TRAPS testing will take place in a future-dated environment and can include several days before and after January 1, 2000. Testing with TRAPS can be arranged on request. TRAPS will support testing during the Shared Testing Days (see Table 3). Treasury Tax and Loan (TT&L) TT&L will provide customers multiple opportunities to test century rollover and leap year 2000 processing in a future-dated environment. The century rollover scenario will test future dates o f December 31, 1999, through January 3, 2000. The leap year scenario will test future dates o f February 28, 2000, through March 2, 2000. In 1998, each local Reserve Bank will offer at least three separate occasions to test the century rollover and leap year processing in the future-dated test environments, each over a two-week period during local regular business hours (at a minimum). TT&L will support testing during the Shared Testing Days (see Table 3). C D C testin g will su p p o rt regular cu sto m er functionality. At a minimum, you will be able to enter Advices o f Credit and make two inquiries: the Account Status Report and the Account Activity Report. Federal Reserve-initiated output reports also will be available. Federal Reserve 19 Century Date Change Bulletin For More Information Your local Reserve Bank will send you a District Supplement to this Bulletin early in second quarter 1998. The District Supplem ent will provide test schedules for local Reserve Bank applications, with details on how to arrange to test with electronic Checks Services, TT&L, and other district unique applications. It also will id en tify specific dates w hen these applications may be available for testing on Shared Testing Days. customer support help desk staff, business support staff, and C D C test coordinators; detailed instructions on how to set up your Fedline terminal or computer interface connection and how to connect to the C D C test environments; • Century Date Change Bulletin No. 1, published August 1,1997, provides information on plans for CDC readiness for Fedline and Bulkdata software, and for the Computer Interface Protocol Specifications (CIPS). Century Date Change Bulletin No. 2, published October 6,1997, presented the Federal Reserve’s general strategy for C D C customer testing. We will continue to supply you with details related to C D C customer testing in future Bulletins. The next Century Date Change Bulletin No. 4 will be published prior to the beginning o f C D C testing in July. This Bulletin will provide: details on working with the local Reserve Bank other special preparatory procedures you should take p rio r to testin g to p ro te c t y o u r test environment and data; details on how to participate in a Shared Testing Days integrated test with the Federal Reserve’s accounting application; detailed test guidelines for Funds Transfer, NBES, ABMS, S tatistical R epo rtin g and Reserves Processing, and TAAPS; Detailed test schedules for ASAP and TAAPS. The Federal Reserve’s plans for supporting testing in 1999 will be published in a future Century Date Change Bulletin, scheduled for publication at the beginning o f fourth quarter, 1998. I f you have specific questions about application test plans and schedules, please callyour local Reserve Bank customer support help desk or Business Development representative. You can also fin d more information on the Federal Reserve’s CDC plans at: h ttp ://w w w .frb s f.o rg /fiservices /c d c/. Federal Reserve 20 Please route this information to: Century Date Change DljLLC/iifH Federal Reserve District Supplement March 1998 Eleventh District Supplement to Century Date Change Bulletin No. 3 1998 C u sto m er Testing for C en tu ry D a te Change T his District supplement is an addendum to C entury D ate Change B u lletin No. 3, published by the Federal Reserve in March 1998. Bulletin No. 3 presents the 1998 plans for supporting customer testing for century date change (CDC) readiness o f automated interfaces with the Federal Reserve for centrally supported applications.1 This supplement presents the 1998 plans for C D C customer testing with applications supported by the Eleventh District. Please read Bulletin No. 3 in conjunction with your review o f this supplement. The complete text o f the bulletin can be found on the Federal Reserve Web site at < www.frbsf.org/fiservices/cdc/bulletins.html>. You may request a printed copy by calling Sarah Jennings in our Public Affairs Department at 800333-4460, ext. 5259. What Is in This Supplement This supplement presents: • Details on this District’s C D C test support and contacts. • Detailed in form ation on this D istrict’s test environment availability, test guidelines, and the individual 1998 application schedules for C D C testing and participation in Shared Testing Days2 for: • • Checks-Direct Send Cash Letters • Checks-Return or Retrievals Request System (RORR) • Checks-Adjustments • Treasury Tax & Loan (TT&L) Sources for more information on the Federal Reserve’s national plans and strategies and this District’s own plans and strategies for C D C customer testing. CDC Test Support Customers can direct questions about C D C testing to their local Federal Reserve Help Desk. The Help Desk can answer questions regarding test support and schedules, schedule test dates, and arrange for special tests. They will also assist with Fedline®3software setup and/or connectivity and help resolve problems. Customers desiring specific test-cycle dates or other scenarios should discuss these requests with their local Help Desk at least two weeks before the testing date. For assistance, contact your local Federal Reserve Help Desk: Dallas El Paso Houston San Antonio 800-333-1672 800-333-1672 800-392-4162, ext. I l l 800-292-5810 Checks-Payor Bank Services, Imaging, and Check Advices 1 Bulletin N o. 3 includes detailed p lansfor the Funds Transfer System, the N ational Book-Entry System (N B E S), the Account Balance M onitoring System (A B M S ), Fed A C H , the Integrated A ccounting System (LA S), Statistical Reporting a nd Reserves Processing, and generalp lansfo r other applications and services. 2 Shared Testing Days w ill offer the customers the opportunity to test century rollover or leapyear 2000 w ith multiple Federal Reserve applications on the same weekend and to participate in an integrated test o f m ajor Federal Reserve paym ents applications w ith the accounting application. See Century Date Change Bulletin N o. 3 fo r complete inform ation on Shared Testing Days. 3 “ Fedline” is a registered trademark o f the Federal Reserve Banks. Century Date Change Bulletin Detailed District Test Plans Checks and TT&L will participate in Shared Testing Days with other major Federal Reserve applications, as described in Bulletin No. 3. Table 1 details our Eleventh District plans. T able 1 Eleventh District Application Plansfor Participation in Shared Testing Days N a m e of A p p lic a tio n C e n tu ry R ollover Checks—Payor Bank Services, Imaging, and Check Advices Yes Yes Checks—Direct Send Cash Letters Yes Yes Checks—Return or Retrievals Request System (RORR) Yes Yes Checks—Adjustments Yes Yes Treasury Tax & Loan (TT&L) Yes Yes Cash Ordering (A C C EN T) No No Direct Sends, RORR, Check Services (Payor Bank, imaging, and Check Advices) Future-date testing for these services will be conducted in a date-simulated environment. Future-Date Test Cycles Century rollover and leap year 2000 testing will be available for these services. Test Environment Availability The Eleventh District will offer several opportunities for testing future dates for these services. We will offer four opportunities for testing January 3,2000, and one opportunity for testing December 31, 1999; February 28, 2000; February 29, 2000; and March 1, 2000. want to test on one or more o f the C D C testing dates to ensure their back-end systems will process these future-dated files correctly. Customers must schedule testing two weeks before they wish to test. Customers planning to test on Saturday, November 21, should also indicate if they wish to receive an IAS statement or a recon file as part o f the test. Customers using Fedline to receive reports will access the C D C test environment via the test mode of Fedline. Schedule Table 2 lists the Shared Testing Days for Direct Sends, RORR, and Check Services. Test Guidelines Customers that use back-end processing for Payor Bank Services, M ICR files, Imaging, or Check Advices will March 1998 Federal Reserve D istrict Supplement Century Date Change Bulletin Table 2 Shared Testing Daysfor Direct Sends, RORR, and Check Services 1 9 9 8 Test D a te Test Day Futu re D a te Test T im e (E T) D a te S ce n a rio 9/19 Saturday 1/3/2000 9:30 a.m .-3 p.m. Century Rollover 10/9 Friday 2/28/2000 9:30 a.m.- 6 p.m. Leap Year 2000 10/10 Saturday 2/29/2000 9:30 a.m .-6 p.m. Leap Year 2000 10/11 Sunday 3/1/2000 9:30 a.m .-3 p.m. Leap Year 2000 10/17 Saturday 1/3/2000 9:30 a.m .-3 p.m. Century Rollover 11/20 Friday 12/31/1999 9:30 a.m.- 6 p.m. Century Rollover 11/21 Saturday 1/3/2000 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Century Rollover 12/12 Saturday 1/3/2000 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Century Rollover Check Adjustments Future-date testing for check adjustments will be performed in a date-simulated environment. Future-Date Test Cycles Century rollover and leap year 2000 testing will be available for check adjustments. will want to test on one or more o f the C D C testing dates to ensure their front-end systems produce files with future dates compatible with Fedline input. Customers must schedule testing two weeks before they wish to test. Customers planning to test on Saturday, November 21, should also indicate if they wish to receive an IAS statement or a recon file as part o f the test. Test Environment Availability Customers will access the C D C test environment via the test mode o f Fedline. The Eleventh District will offer one opportunity for testing December 3 1 ,1999;January3,2000; February 28, 2000; February 29, 2000; and March 1, 2000. C ustom ers will send regular check adjustm ents messages using the C D C test dates. Schedule Test Guidelines Customers that use front-end processing and import their check adjustments data to their Fedline terminal Table 3 lists the Shared Testing Days for Check Adjustments. T able 3 Shared Testing Daysfor Check Adjustments 1 9 9 8 Test D a te Test Day F utu re D a te Test T im e (E T) D a te S ce n a rio 10/9 Friday 2/28/2000 9:30 a.m .-6 p.m. Leap Year 2000 10/10 Saturday 2/29/2000 9:30 a.m.- 6 p.m. Leap Year 2000 10/11 Sunday 3/1/2000 9:30 a.m.- 3 p.m. Leap Year 2000 10/17 Saturday 12/31/1999 9:30 a.m .-3 p.m. Century Rollover 11/21 Saturday 1/3/2000 9:30 a.m.- 3 p.m. Century Rollover 1 District Supplement 1 Federal Reserve March 1998 Century Date Change Bulletin Treasury Tax & Loan they wish to receive an IAS statement or a recon file as part o f the test. Future-Date Test Cycles The Eleventh District will offer customers the oppor tunity to test with the century rollover and leap year 2000 scenarios. In addition, customers will have the opportunity to test for March 2, 2000. Test Environment Availability The Eleventh District will offer opportunities for customer testing of TT&L on five of the Shared Testing Days and on specific weekdays during three two-week periods in 1998. Test Guidelines Customers must schedule testing at least two days before they wish to test. Customers planning to test on September 19, O ctober 17, November 21, or December 12-all Saturdays—should also indicate if Customers will access the C D C test environment via the test mode o f Fedline or Bulkdata. Voice response (FASTAX) custom ers will be provided a “test” telephone number upon request. Customers will be able to enter Advices o f Credit and make inquiries to produce Account Status Reports and Account Activity Reports. In addition, the regular Federal Reserve-initiated outputs from TT&L will be produced and sent to customers participating in Shared Testing Days. Weekday tests will be for sending data and receiving acknowledgments only. Test scripts will be provided to participants upon request. Schedule Table 4 gives the TT&L weekday test schedule. Table 5 gives the TT&L Shared Testing Days schedule. T able 4 Treasury Tax & Loan Weekday Test Schedule 1 9 9 8 Test D a te Test Day F utu re D a te Test T im e (E T) D a te S ce n a rio 7/21 Tuesday 12/31/1999 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Century Rollover 7/23 Thursday 1/3/2000 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Century Rollover 7/28 Tuesday 12/31/1999 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Century Rollover 7/30 Thursday 1/3/2000 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Century Rollover 8/11 Tuesday 12/31/1999 9 a.m .-5 p.m. Century Rollover 8/13 Thursday 1/3/2000 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Century Rollover 8/18 Tuesday 2/28/2000 9 a.m .-5 p.m. Leap Year 2000 8/19 Wednesday 2/29/2000 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Leap Year 2000 8/20 Thursday 3/1/2000 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Leap Year 2000 8/21 Friday 3/2/2000 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Leap Year 2000 9/23 Wednesday 2/29/2000 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Leap Year 2000 9/24 Thursday 3/1/2000 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Leap Year 2000 9/25 Friday 3/2/2000 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Leap Year 2000 9/29 Tuesday 12/31/1999 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Century Rollover 10/1 Thursday 1/3/2000 9 a.m .-5 p.m. Century Rollover March 1998 Federal Reserve D istrict Supplement Century Date Change Bulletin T able 5 Shared Testing Daysfor Treasury Tax & Loan 1 9 9 8 Test D a te Test D ay F utu re D a te Test T im e (E T) D a te S ce n a rio 9/18 Friday 12/31/1999 9 a.m .-9 p.m. Century Rollover 9/19 Saturday 1/3/2000 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Century Rollover 10/16 Friday 12/31/1999 9 a.m.- 9 p.m. Century Rollover 10/17 Saturday 1/3/2000 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Century Rollover 11/13 Friday 2/28/2000 9 a.m .-9 p.m. Leap Year 2000 11/14 Saturday 2/29/2000 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Leap Year 2000 11/20 Friday 12/31/1999 9 a.m.- 9 p.m. Century Rollover 11/21 Saturday 1/3/2000 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Century Rollover 12/11 Friday 12/31/1999 9 a.m.- 9 p.m. Century Rollover 12/12 Saturday 1/3/2000 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Century Rollover For More Information Century Date Change Bulletin No. 1, published August 1, 1997, provides information on plans for C D C compliance for Fedline and Bulkdata software and on C D C -related changes to the C om puter Interface Protocol Specifications (CIPS). Bulletin No. 2, published October 6, 1997, explains the Federal Reserve’s general strategy for C D C customer testing. Bulletin No. 3 presents the Federal Reserve’s plans for supporting C D C customer testing. Bulletins. Bulletin No. 4 will be published before C D C testing begins in July. The Federal Reserve’s plans for supporting testing in 1999 will be presented in a Bulletin to be published at the beginning o f the fourth quarter o f this year. If you have specific questions about application test plans and schedules, please call your local Help Desk. You can find copies of all the Bulletins, as well as other information on the Federal Reserve’s C D C plans, at < www.firbsf.org/fiservices/cdc>. The Federal Reserve will continue to supply you with details related to C D C customer testing in future D istrict Supplement Federal Reserve 5 March 1998 Federal Reserve Bank ofDallas 2200 North Pearl Street Dallas, Texas 75201 (214) 922-6000 www. dallasfed. org Century Date Change Survey The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas is considering holding free, half-day seminars on issues related to the century date change, or Year 2000, project. P lease com p lete the fo llo w in g survey and return it b y Friday, April 17, to Sarah Jen n in gs at 2200 N. Pearl St., Dallas, Texas 75201 or b y fax: 214-922-5268. I would like the following issues addressed at a Fed CDC seminar: □ CDC testing □ Vendor compliance □ Fedline interfaces □ CDC regulatory issues □ Computer interface testing □ Panel of regulators (FRB/OCC/FDIC) □ Fed CDC strategy □ FFIEC policy statements □ CDC contingency planning □ Implications of December 31, 1999, failure At which of the following locations would you most likely attend if Fed CDC seminars are held? □ □ □ CU □ Abilene Austin Beaumont College Station Corpus Christi □ □ d] □ □ □ □ □ □ □ Dallas El Paso Harlingen Houston Las Cruces Lubbock M idland-O dessa Nacogdoches Roswell San Antonio □ □ □ □ Shreveport Tyler Victoria Waco Other convenient location(s)______________________________________________ If the Dallas Fed offered a seminar on a Saturday, would you or a representative attend? □ Yes □ No Complete the following contact information (please print): Your name and title ______________________________________________________ Financial institution _________________________ Address______________________________ ABA n u m b e r____________________ _______________________________ P h o n e _____________________________________ Fax Your institution’s primary contact for CDC testing coordination P h o n e_____________________________ ______ F ax______
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