Re: 9/9/99

[dhandy@xxxxxxxxxxx (Douglas Handy)]

Don,

>Would you happen to remember why 9/9/99 was used
>as opposed to 99/99/99?  I'm quite curious.
 
My understanding was that it was used by some because 99/99/99 was not
a valid date, and other logic or requirements precluded the use of
"invalid" dates so 9/9/99 was arbitrarily chosen as the end of time...

Doug
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