RE: Premenos and the date data type window.

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
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        ----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.
        >

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