Re: Premenos and the date data type window. -- MIDRANGE-L

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** Reply to note from cmassoglia@vixa.voyager.net (Charles L. Massoglia) Thu, 
19 Feb 1998 23:13:47 -0400


> Date windows of 1940-2039, 1970-2069, or any other fixed window are used by 
> those who do not care if their code dies in the future.  I hope I am alive 
> in the year 2039 to see how IBM explains why we have to go through this Y2K 
> thing a second time in the same century. 

Don't you think they will probably just roll the window forward? I would
suspect that this would be a workable solution since the IBM conversions
are "black box".

> Charlie Massoglia, Massoglia Technical Consulting, Inc.



Chris Rehm
Mr.AS400@ibm.net

How often can you afford to be unexpectedly out of business?
Get an AS/400.
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