Re: Y2K countdown

[leif@xxxxxxx]

Many people have wondered why 99099 or 99/9/9
could be problematice. The assumption is that 99999
or 99/99/99 would be used. But, most data entry programs
have logic that reject 99999 as a invalid Julian day and
99/99/99 as an invalid date. 99099 an 99/9/9 are both
accepted as valid dates (they are !) and that is why
they are used instead of (the more 'natural' 99999
and 99/99/99)

----- Original Message -----
From: Glenn Ericson <Glenn-Ericson@att.net>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 10, 1999 7:48 AM
Subject: Re: Y2K countdown


Dennis the  nearest I can see is Julian 99099.
On the other hand  creative IS  people have  used 99999
  or the likes in date  fields for special purposes-
- such as it ain't never going to expire  or go away.

There is  some  amazing  stuff out there.

Regards,

Glenn
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At 10:55 PM 4/9/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>   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.
>--
>Dennis Lovelady                    Simpsonville, SC
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>        - Hector Berlioz
>
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