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To: Ken Benes who wrote (40181)	9/10/1999 9:14:00 AM
From: KobaltBlauw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 117012

I've always been truly amazed that anybody even gave the 9999 thing a second thought. Even legacy dates are/were stored as PIC 9(6) MMDDYY which means that those systems still using date formats without the century would be stored as 090999 NOT as 9999. So why would there be a shutdown when comparing 090999 to 9999 for an EOJ marker? Comparing that to a missing century is like comparing apples and oranges. No surprise to me there were no problems... Bill

To: Ken Benes who wrote (40181)	9/13/1999 7:11:00 PM
From: bearcub	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 117012

mr benes, you are not hanging out on the proper y2k threads if you truly believe your statement "ZERO computers failed as the result of 9999 programming" is accurate. not only ARE there accurate and credible reports of 9999 programing causing computer failures, WDIV in Detroit (NBC affiliate) reported the cascading 9999 failure in their morning news segment.that started (IBM ASM400s i believe was the model number) it began in New Zealand cascading to these shores, even screwing up sears docks and all kinds of inventory snafu's in detroit, USA. and there have been other equally credible stories from elsewhere in the world. furthermore, those on other threads have posted how some of the 9999 failures won't really be known in their full impact until 3rd quarter numbers and data is checked by accounting audits at quarter's end. so please don't say there were no 9999 failures, because that simply is NOT an accurate utterance. signed: a ken benes lurker