T-Guy,
We already went through critical dates, SEE BELOW...and nothing major happened.
Doomers just need something to fret about.
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Under-Verifying And Under-Validating Period Ending Dates - Most errors happen at period ending dates (i.e., week-ends, month-ends, quarter-ends, and year-ends) which, to make matters worse, typically involve more dollars (running total amounts) that have a greater impact on the company. Test "the daylights" out of these.
Under-Verifying And Under-Validating Special Y2K dates - Such dates include:
12/31/1998 (normal year end); 6/30/1999, 7/1/1999 (fiscal year cutover); 12/31/1999, 1/1/2000 (century cutover)
1/1/1999, 9/9/1999 ("trigger logic" default dates)
2/29/1999, 2/30/1999, 2/31/1999, 3/1/1999, 2/28/2000, 2/29/2000, 2/30/2000, 3/1/2000 (leap year tests); 2/29/2004 (leap year); 1/1/2100, 2/29/2001, 1/1/3000 (not leap years)
4/1/99 (probable first fiscal year start that goes into next century)
7/1/1999 - 6/30/2000 (fiscal year end over "time warp")
10/10/2000 (first true 10-character date)
2/31/2000 (366th day of the year)
1/1/2001 (21st Century); 1/1/2002 (ensure no backwards processing errors) |
