Re: Y2k problem with 7.3.4

You appear to be very certain you will be around in the year 2050. If you were born in 1980 you will be 70 Yrs old, and probally retired. Also if they are still using whatever database, and procedures that you set up now 50 yrs from now, that is one stagnant system. In 50 yrs I would imagine what we are working on now will seem as archaic as the old plug-board, relay, and vacumn tubes systems are now. I would imagine we'll be using handheld or embeded in our clothing computers/systems, with cellular type connections, and video headsets with virtual vision.
That or you were a boy scout and believe in being prepared.

Georgette P Cornio

Mike Burden wrote:

> I would recommend that you don't use the RR or RRRR format. See my message
> entitled 'Date format RR limitations'. It only moves the problem to the year
> 2050. This may be enough but how many people said the same thing 20 years ago.
> Either use the YYYY format or write your own function. As soon as you approach
> the year 2050 the RR and RRRR format will behave, from a users point of view,
> unexpectedly.
>
> Best of luck.
>
> "Carl A. Dotger" wrote:
>
> > thank you all for your valuable suggestions... We are cuurently looking into
> > inserting the date
> > with the RR format...
> >
> > Thanks Again
Received on Wed Mar 03 1999 - 22:36:47 CST