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IBM themselves are using this window. That is the concern here. Bradley V. Stone bvstone@taylorcorp.com http://prairie.lakes.com/~bvstone/ "People train don't run out of Wicheta... Lessn' you're a hog, or a cattle. People train runs out of Stubville." ----Original Message----- From: bvining@VNET.IBM.COM [SMTP:bvining@VNET.IBM.COM] Sent: Friday, February 20, 1998 11:42 AM To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com Subject: Premenos and the date data type window. 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. > +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to "MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com". | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to "MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com". | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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