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to: SCOTT DUDLEY
from: GERRY DANEN
date: 1997-10-27 20:53:00
subject: Year 2000

 SD>> "correctly." Maximus can do that quite well using only two digits.
 GD> Hmmm... didn't we find a date somewhere that shows 103 for 2003?
 SD> Ahem... the astute reader will notice that "103" does not contain
 SD> exactly two digits.  :-)
Exactly why I pointed it out... :)
 SD> I think we were talking about the date entry method, not the date
 SD> display.  In any event, although "103 = 2003" is a workaround, I have
 SD> already agreed that it is inelegant and that it will be fixed.  (The
 SD> fix will most likely use the two-digit "/03" format.)
Better than "103"! 
Gerry Danen (gdanen@accessweb.com) C+Net BBS @ 403-477-9545
            http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/9823
2 years, 65 days, 3 hours, 7 minutes, and 18 seconds until January 1, 2000.
--- Maximus 3.01
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