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Nov 21 9:30 AM EST

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To: John F. Dowd who wrote (28914)	8/30/1999 9:56:00 PM
From: ToySoldier	Read Replies (1) of 74651

The problem with 9/9/99 or even at 9:09 on that date is that some creative - if not too wise or forward thinking - application programmers used all nines in the date field to indicate "END OF JOB". Their foolish thoughts were that this date would never occur before the system were first re-written. Some didnt even think that much. That is what makes the 9/9/99 different from 8/8/88 or 7/7/77. I wouldn't pass this one off too quickly although most serious Y2K bug crushers have already been looking for this date issue for a long time. It just doesnt get the press that the New Years date gets. Toy

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