Re: Y2K and six digit date display

Hi Rick,

Displaying(output) or printing a 6-digit date field doesnot mean your 
application is non-y2k.
The need of applying cut-off/expansion and other Y2K strategies arise 
when this field is in anyway "internalised" for further processing.
In your case I don't see any use of expanding.

Thanks,
Rajeev K Asthana.

From: Rick Renkema <rick@createprint.com.au>
To: "'Midrange list'" <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Subject: Y2K and six digit date display
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 11:28:09 +1100
Reply-To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com

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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