Re: Year 2000 Crash

[FGlenski@xxxxxxx]

Hi,
Neil's comment about 11/22/28 being interpreted as 2028 with the new Y2K
support reminded me what is so special about 11/22/1928,  I do not remember
who told me this and therefore can not attest to its accurancy.  
If you count the number of microseconds from 11/22/1928 to 1/1/2000 at
00:00:001 am it comes out as a binary number of 1 followed by a LARGE number
of zeros.  It just so happens that this number flips the highest order bit on
the internal AS/400 clock storage register.  So for IBMers who want to know
what century it is they just look at the highest order bit.  That is why if
the clock register is cleared (binary 0'S) you get 11/22/28.  This normally
only occurs on older machines during extended power outages (due to failure
of the internal clock battery).
This is just another example of the important things you can learn at CUDS!
Frank
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