Doug British Standards Institute committee BDD/1/-/3 have prepared a definition of year 2000 conformity requirements:
Year 2000 conformity shall mean that neither performance nor functionality is affected by dates prior to, during and after the year 2000. In Particular: Rule 1. No value for current date will cause any interruption in operation. Rule 2. Date-based functionality must behave consistently for dates prior to, during and after year 2000. Rule 3. In all interfaces and data storage, the century in any date must be specified either explicitly or by unambiguous algorithms or inferencing rules. Rule 4. Year 2000 must be recognized as a leap year. Further information can be obtained from: http://www.bsi.org.uk.bsi/disc/year2000/2000.html regards Charlie _____________________ Charlie Blackham Senior Approvals Engineer Madge Networks Ltd. Tel: +44 1753 661012 email: [email protected]
