Re: Y2K Blowup

[DAsmussen@xxxxxxx]

Buck,

In a message dated 1/15/99 12:30:52 PM Eastern Standard Time,
mcalabro@commsoft.net writes:

> >Have any of you folks with sturdy (but 
>  >non-compliant) applications taking advantage 
>  >of the DATE type variable requiring a valid date
>  >that uses 9/9/99 as the default upper limit for 
>  >report delimiting consider
>  
>  Dean,
>  Have you come across special dates of 09/09/99?  I've typically seen 
>  99/99/99... 

I've seen at least two "home grown" applications that tried to utilize the
DATE data type on screens when it first became available, without allowing
special value 99/99/99.  I warned 'em, hope they heeded it...

Regards,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me."
-- Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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