VMS Help V73 Features, Programming Features, COBOL RTL Enhancements  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    The COBOL RTL for both Alpha and VAX supports five new intrinsic
    functions with four-digit year formats:

       YEAR-TO-YYYY
       DATE-TO-YYYYMMDD
       DAY-TO-YYYYDDD
       TEST-DATE-YYYYMMDD
       TEST-DAY-YYYYDDD

    The COBOL RTL for Alpha has improved performance for the DISPLAY
    statement redirected to a file and for programs compiled with the
    /MATH=CIT3 and /MATH=CIT4 qualifiers.

    This RTL's handling of ON SIZE ERROR is now more compatible with
    that of Compaq COBOL for OpenVMS VAX.