Re: Y2K countdown

["Dennis Lovelady" <dennis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>   Most likely not, the concern is not 99099, but rather Sept 9, 1999 which
> many systems will see as 9999, also the old end of file in many
> card/converted systems which is of most concern..
>
>         JMS...

I'm still waiting for someone to explain to me why this would be... given
that month/day have always required two digits each (unless you go to a base
31 [at least] system, which would certainly surprise me, but is possible, I
suppose), how 09/09/99 will EVER be represented as 9999 instead of 990909 or
090999 or simply 0909 is a mystery to me.

I'd love to hear it.
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Dennis Lovelady                    Simpsonville, SC
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        - Hector Berlioz


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