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To: otter who wrote (1673)	5/5/1998 5:52:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Read Replies (2) of 9818

Otter: You said: Quicken's approach, given the context of the system, isn't necessarily wrong (it's based on current PC architectures that support date conventions until the year 2027). Requiring that all systems, however, adopt a single format isn't, however, right - and might at the end of the day be the most costly and least easily adopted of all of the available solutions. I use Quicken for ALL financial records, and more. I have many years of data. Hate the thought corrupted it. I have concern after reading those 2 posts from Steve. Question, can importing and exporting software into and out of two different programs that use 2 digits and 4 digits. I am not familiar with Win98, but lets say it uses 4 digit dates. What if I want to export my data to a spread sheet that uses 4 digit dates? Will the program just add in the extra numbers? eg: I export data from Quicken (2 digit date) into another program with a 4 digit date. Will that work without causing bugs? After reading the articles it seems to me that a standard 4 digit date would be less headaches for all. I am not sure if Quicken 99 will support 4 digit dates.

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