> >Actually this is a problem for some system.. that is field based systems
> >only such as COBOL FORTRAN.. ETC.. windows should not be affected..
>
> Could you explain that ? I believe the assumption was that some
> programs represent the 9/9/99 as "9999" which incidentally is
> used by other/the same programs as some sort of signal.
> "9999" is a string representation, so how is your program going
> to figure that "9999" = "9/9/99" if it ever wants to get a useful
> date back ?
The problem is/was that 9/9/99 was used as an exit code (esp for really old
text based data entry) eg:
Enter new date (enter 9/9/99 to exit program) :>
Back in the 60s/70s it didn't matter really, and tbh it's not too much of a
concern these days, but there's always the possibility that there's some old
code that relies on it floating about somewhere. We'll see :)
Don't expect too many planes to fall out of the sky though..
Simon
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