Premenos and the date data type window.

[bvining@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Charlie,

Maybe I'm missing something, but if one does the right job now (that is,
move to 4-digit years or their equivalent) then why would any additional
work be needed in 2039?  To continue using 2-digit years (and the 1940
to 2039 window) is one way to "ease into 2000", but certainly isn't
(to me anyway) a permanent solution; much like how I (personally) don't
consider floating windows to be anything but a short term workaround.

Why would you expect IBM to have to explain why developers took 2-digit
approaches in the late 1990s in response to this problem?  Isn't this
a matter of the user companies approach to the year 2000 (or at least
how they prioritize this work against other items)?

Bruce Vining

> >Charles L. Massoglia wrote:
>
> Date windows of 1940-2039, 1970-2069, or any other fixed window are us ed by
> those who do not care if their code dies in the future.  I hope I am a live
> in the year 2039 to see how IBM explains why we have to go through thi s Y2K
> thing a second time in the same century.
>

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