Re: Y2K and six digit date display

["Dennis Lovelady" <dennis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Rick:

>Is my program non-compliant (or not Year 2000 ready) when I display a date
>on screen as DD/MM/YY now or after the year 2000 has arrived?

IMO, that information *should* be limited to what you show (or even DD/MM, if
applicable) as you have indicated.  Some people go way too far overboard on
that issue (again, my opinion), and I think a balance is good.  If the user
is looking at the manufacture date for a certain type of computer, for
example, and they see 25/12/04, there will be NO question as to what century
that is talking about.  Or if they're looking at the expiration date of a
credit card, there should be no question what that same date means.  Certain
things have very short lives (warranties, another fine example).  For
anything that cannot possibly be considered confusing, I say clean up the
screen or report, and give the users other, useful information.

Just my $.02.
Dennis
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