SD> Here is what y2k compliance *really* means in the real world. I
 SD> recently received a form letter whine-o-gram from IBM asking me to
 SD> certify that certain products are "year 2000 ready." It reads:
 SD> "A product is year 2000 ready if, when used in accordance with
 SD> its associated documentation, it can correctly display, process,
 SD> provide and/or receive date data with and between the twentieth and
 SD> twenty-first centuries, provided that all other products (for example,
 SD> hardware, software and firmware) used with the product properly
 SD> exchange accurate date data with it."
 SD> Nowhere does this state that years have to be displayed with a certain
 SD> number of digits, but rather, only that the years need to be displayed
 SD> "correctly." Maximus can do that quite well using only two digits.
Hmmm... didn't we find a date somewhere that shows 103 for 2003?
 SD> End of story.
OK, if you want it to be...
Gerry Danen (gdanen@accessweb.com) C+Net BBS @ 403-477-9545
            http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/9823
2 years, 71 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes, and 39 seconds until January 1, 2000.
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