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Re: Y2K testing


  • Subject: Re: Y2K testing
  • From: "Rich Duzenbury" <rduz@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 00:49:09 -0600
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We need to do this soon. Could you give us the link, or at least which IBM
site you found it on?  We appreciate any help you can give.


Regards,
Rich

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Rich Duzenbury
http://rich.dyn.ml.org
http://vpsolutions.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: PaulMmn <paulmmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: MIDRANGE-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx <MIDRANGE-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 1998 10:58 PM
Subject: Re: Y2K testing


>> Some time ago, Steve Raisor wrote that his company was considering
>> setting the date of their development machine to a year 2000 date.  Other
>> list members provided some things to watch out for.  I never read the
>> results of that test.  Steve, or anyone who has done this, how did it go?
>> Any unforseen problems?
>>
>> We are going to do this next weekend.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> -- Carol
>
>
>
>Check out IBM's web site.  My partner in crime downloaded a 12 page
>document IBM has compiled with their warnings about things that can go
>worng if you do that!
>
>Most of the problems seem to be caused when things (journal receivers,
>files, date entries) are created with 2000+ dates, and will cause problems
>when you crank the date back to 'now.'
>
>--Paul E Musselman
>paulmmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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