Re: year 2000 question

oss96@batelco.com.bh wrote: > > Dear all, > We are planning to implement the "01/01/1980" solution for our 4GL > application .Our screens has 2 digits for year in date field, we are not > going to change this but dates between year 1980 and 1999 will be > interpreted as 1980 and 1999 . > Dates from 1900 and 1970 will be interpreted as 2000 year so 1905 will be > interpreted as 2005 and so on. > Does anybody choose this senario ? Any problems encountered? > > Regards > Ossama Osman You can, If you are sure that you have no data that is earlier than 1980 and that any date calculations will not deal with subtractions to give you a date earlier than 1980. Its not the best solution, but a temporary one. I'd say go to the 4 digit year. -Uncle Mikey. -- #include <std_disclaimer.h> /* Mike Segel (MS385) */ #include <No_Spam.h> #ifdef OFFENDED_BY_CONTENT The author takes no responsibility for this post. Any resemblence to a coherent rational thought is purely coincidence. -The Management. #endif ***************************** Due to AGIS's Refusal to Act Responsibly We are blocking all of their domains at the packet level. This block will exist until AGIS modifies their policies to conform to existing RFCs and net community standards. We encourage all ISPs and domain holders to do the same. *****************************