Y2K Problems

[KHeathe673@aol.com]

In almost every case (just one that involved VMSDATE), the problems I have
found in reviewing applications for Y2K, have been programmer brain failures.
That is to say, date manipulation techniques, which when tested under the
conditions of dates in  theYear 2000 such as feb 29,2000, Jan 1, 2000 etc...
failed.
The most common seem to involve:
 character conversion...
  hard coded dates
   etc...

And it is always a surprise to the app owners. Thus I believe that is what
Wanda likely meant when she described the problems she encountered as
'unexpected'.

Kent Heatherington
Pont Rouge Systems Inc.
Quebec, Canada

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