Re: Y2K countdown

99/9/9 is still 990909 unless you are interperting a 6 alpha field and
putting your own slashes in....


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From: <leif@ibm.net>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 10, 1999 9:33 AM
Subject: Re: Y2K countdown


> 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)


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