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Thanks! HankHeath@aol.com on 01/06/2000 07:05:20 AM To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com cc: Subject: Re: A silent Y2K bug The obvious answer is that a contract applied a mask of 20xx to all dates, figuring that no new dates would back track into the 19xx's. The fix was to put a window into the date. In a message dated 01/05/2000 11:01:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, tomh@simas.com writes: << We just want to know about the error, how it was 'fixed' - not about the illness, or why the onset date is 12-31-2000 (boy that's weird). >> +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@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 subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@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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