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Strategies & Market Trends : Bob Brinker: Market Savant & Radio Host
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To: wooden ships who wrote (5304)5/31/1998 6:25:00 PM
From: Ken Brown  Read Replies (1) of 42834
 
>> 2) 9 September 1999 ...Since "999" ordinarily indicates "end of
file" in computer language, the similarity of the date (9/9/99) and
the end of file command could wreak some havoc in computer
systems.<<

I think "999" as an EOF indicator is a Cobol issue. (I vaguely remember that, from a college course I took long ago.) I'd be surprised if anyone could introduce a bug that would mix that up with a date of 9/9/99.

I do agree the other two problems mentioned may prove troublesome, but compared to the Y2K problem, they're likely to be minor issues. (Actually, that comment applies to the 29 Feb 2000 issue only. I know nothing about the GPS "roll over", so have no opinion on it.)

Ken
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