Re: Premenos and the date data type window.

It appears that  any  events dated  between 19xx  010100 & 123139 are  out
in limbo with the IBM window,.... And  become the users responsibility to
realize[edit] the are there and  handle else they  become by default 20xx
events.

Four digits is the right way to go IF you  have the right tools to pull off
the 'big blast'  all at once conversions.
-Glenn Ericson
 
At 11:42 AM 2/20/98 CST, you wrote:
>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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