On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 14:34:20 -0400, Tony Thigpen wrote:
>But, remember, the first 3 positions indicate a zone, so that affects
>your calculation of how many are available.
>
Not since 2011, but still just a Band-Aid:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_number#Historical_structure
>Back in the '80s, I worked for a banking software firm and we were
>notified by the feds that all software relating to SSNs needed to be 10
>digits because there would be an expansion 'down the road'. We complied.
>
>Since we were using packed numbers, we changed everything to S9(11), but
>we only displayed 9 positions on the BMS screens since 11 positions
>would have confused everyone.
>
>Ok, it's been 30+ years and we have not seen it actually expand, but
>they did tell is...
>
>(Just like we knew in the 80's that Y2K would be upon us 'down the road'.)
-- gil
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