Re: Question: How will the Year 2000 bug impact your work?

Terry Pennington wrote: > > James Buss wrote: > > > > > >It has long been prophesied that the end of the world is going to occur in > > > >1999, and therefore renders the question moot. :-)=) > > > > > Excellent point, Jeff. > > > I can change my date fields back to two digit centuries again! :) > > > > Of course, I don't see what the big deal is about typing 19 in front of > > all my dates. > > > > Jim. > It's not that YOU have to type the '19' in front of dates, it's the > users that whine about it. Two more characters per date and the next > thing you know there's no time to gather 'round the water cooler and > chat about the kiddies and kitties. > > But, I'm just a cynical crumudgeon who can't spell as you can see from > this sentence. :)>. (new symbol for smiling while sporting beard) (and > very small nose) (and no hair, which fits) > > Terry Pennington Didn't I learn at Progress school that you can set the century to start at 1980 and end at 2079 or some such thing? Thereby eliminating four digit years?