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echo: foxpro
to: GILLES BEAUREGARD
from: GERRY DANEN
date: 1996-12-23 13:05:00
subject: YEAR 2000

GB>  RB> GB\  Just to ask if you are YEAR 2000 ready. I know FP
GB>  RB> was 2000 ready, but
GB>  RB>   \  the application you develop are?
GB>  RB> Yes, thankfully FoxPro is ready for the next millenium.  In the
GB>  It's what I assume until yesterday. I do some Y2K check on a flat
GB>  file. Only the basic file with some date field and some index
GB>  in that date field.
GB>  I check what append when you enter 00/12/12 as the date. And
GB>  FoxPro assume it's 1900/12/12, not 2000/12/12. And the result was
GB>  a mix up of the index file, so I have to correct it. Lucky it's only
GB>  a 500 records file, I don't lost anything.
GB>  In conclusion I have to re-write ALL application already done.
GB>  If FoxPro was really a true Y2K ready package, it's assume
GB>  2000 when you write 00 in a 2 digits date field.
If it's truly Y2K ready, it should not assume anything!  YOU should be
setting CENTURY ON, and allowing date fields with 4-digit years!
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