RE: Y2K and six digit date display

[Walden Leverich <walden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rick,

You refer to your programs as being "non-compliant" well, to answer your
question I'd need to know what you were trying to "comply" to. If your
company has a suite of tests that you need to pass then what do the tests
say about YY dates on screens. If they don't say anything, then maybe you
missed something when defining the "compliant" tests. Now, having said all
that, IMHO, if the file is YYYY then the screen can be whatever makes sense.
If, however, you are only storing YY dates, then I'd worry. I know you say
that the dates are informational only, but someday (especially when you
start implementing a data warehouse) these dates will be used. 

-Walden

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Renkema [mailto:rick@createprint.com.au]
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 1998 7:28 PM
To: 'Midrange list'
Subject: Y2K and six digit date display


Is my program non-compliant (or not Year 2000 ready) when I display a date 
on screen as DD/MM/YY now or after the year 2000 has arrived?

The dates in question here are purely information dates only.  No 
processing is performed on them, no calculations are necessary on them. 
 The dates are kept on file for information only.  All dates in my programs 
that do require calculations/processing have been made year 2000 compliant. 
 It is just the display of them that seems to inspire some of my esteemed 
users (especially those in support and QA) to invoke obligatory outcries of 
non-compliance, go back to your desk and do it again.

I am sure I have read/heard that display of 6 digit dates does not make a 
product non-compliant, however, I cannot find anything on the many web 
sites I have visited that spell this out specifically.  I suppose I am 
asking for some concrete proof to nail on the noticeboard (or for me to get 
back to my desk and do it again ......

TIA

Regards,

Rick Renkema
AS/400 Development Manager
Create!print International
Phone:  +61 3 9824 6888
Fax:    +61 3 9824 6866
Mobile: +61 (0) 412 CPRINT (277 468)
E-mail: rick@createprint.com.au

"All great discoveries are made by mistake."

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