Re: Y2K countdown review

[Glenn Ericson <Glenn-Ericson@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Dennis:

We were hired by a  rather large company [about 9  /400s &  a  /36] to do a
review [friendly IV&V  audit] and *one* of the requirements was to look at
the source code[SIA] for hard coded values in the date fields. Now you can
envision  where that  can take you. [BTW there were some left after their
application provider  did the remediation].  Next step,  know thy data and
project when it might  first fail. 

Just can't assume  code and DFU  leave results ?as pure as the driven Snow?

Regards,

Glenn
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At 10:40 AM 4/10/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi, Glenn:
>
>>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.
>
>Precisely my point.  We have people out here who should *KNOW* what problems
>we face, and those same people are "preachin' hellfire and damnation" without
>so much as a hint of backup to their claims.  I'm interested in solving the
>problems; I am.  But let's not get all sensational about it, is all I'm
>saying.  Let's work with facts.  So for example if, as many have held,
>September 9 is a "problem date," for certain data formats in certain code
>generators or applications, I'd like to know what sort of code or date
>format, etc.---the pitfalls---to look for to prevent the problem, rather than
>broad, unhelpful statements like "all hell's gonna break loose on that date."
>
>Dennis
>--
>Dennis Lovelady                    Simpsonville, SC
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>
>
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