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To: Bill Wexler who wrote (22590)	8/23/1998 6:03:00 PM
From: AHM	Read Replies (2) of 31646

Wexler, you are certifiable! I was involved with Y2K problems in the late 50's when I was marketing one of the first computers every programmed correctly for muni bond maturities in the Y2K+ range - and we needed to preserve precious storage by keeping everythin in 16-bit words which would compute correctly in double precision. What we did was look at dated dates (Issue dates) and we made an arbitrary decision that any 2-digit year beneath 45 was actually in the year 2000+. It worked for this narrow application - but it wouldn't for most - such as social security records where some people live more than 100 years. (Come to think of it, there are a few "century" bonds where the identical problem now exists.) Read my earlier posting #

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