RE: 9/9/99

["Goodbar, Loyd (AFS-Water Valley)" <LGoodbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

No worries. Isn't that date stored in the database as 090999 (or 990909)?
The human tendency to strip zeroes is coming into play here. If 9999 was
stored in the database, how would the computer determine where the
month/day/year begins/ends? That's like saying today would be stored as 9992
instead of 990902. HTH

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Meecham [SMTP:wm@extol.com]
> Sent: Thursday, 02 September, 1999 2:53 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      9/9/99
> 
> A few places that I worked at used 9/9/99 to mean the end of time.  Was
> this a very common practice or was I just lucky enough to work at a
> disproportionate sample?  If it is common, the end of time is this month,
> is anyone on this list worried about it?
>  
> Bill
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