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

Colin Thompson <Colin_Thompson@perth.ccmail.compuserve.com> wrote: >Ray Porter wrote: >> >>My point is >> that the work required to fix it isn't technically difficult, just >> boring and time consuming. We have over 3 years to get it straightened >> out. There is absolutely no need for all the panic that some managers >> seem to be experiencing. >That is an interesting point, but is it correct? Has anyone ever used >software that calculates a future value for something? Like financial >software?? What happens if you try to calculate a value past the year >2000?? I have to think this would be the case with a lot of systems. I have to get rid of all the "short dates" in our Access order entry system before the end of this quarter because three-year payment terms are standard for one of our products. Terri