Re: 9/9/99

[Gord Hutchinson <ghutchinson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2 Sep 1999 16:39:30 -0400, "Stone, Brad V (TC OASIS)"
<bvstone@taylorcorp.com> wrote:

>No.  Data on the AS/400 will be represented as 90999, not 9999.
> 
>It will be interesting to see.  I realized this when I was writing a check
>last night... I wrote 9/1/99 and thought "Hmmm... 9/9/99 is coming up.
>Should be the first big Y2K test."
> 

Actually, I think the first Y2K test was April 9, 1999 - the 99th day of the
99th year.  I haven't actually seen this used but it would be key for any
application using Julian Dates.

Gord

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Gord Hutchinson
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