>Whats this 9999 stuff Ive been hearing about? Anyone heard anything? On
>9-09-99 the comps may shut off then to? Whatever!
Hi Eric -
There are several dates that are potential gotchas this year, and
for several decades after >>1900<<(sic). September 9, 1999 is one, because
all the date fields will be nines, and some silly programmer may have set
that up as an error flag [Weīre talking COBOL programmers, after all].
Itīs quite likely that a whole rash of accounting failures will
crop up on April Foolīs Day, because a lot of companies will start fiscal
year 2000 then. And interesting things may happen on August 21-22nd when
the GPS system has itīs week-rollover (BTW, the GPS satellites broadcast
time, which is used instead of the WWV signal some places where HF
reception is poor).
I think 2038 is the UNIX date rollover.
A lot of the quick fixes being applied today will expire in 2049,
when ī50 (and above) can no longer be interpreted as 1950 (to 1999).
I donīt think itīd be a bad move to buy computer stocks, as a lot
of older machines that are not Y2K-compliant will be getting replaced soon.
Already happening, but the pace will pick up over the next few months as
more and more systems are tested.
Jim
ī93 4x4 CC V8
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