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To: Bobby Yellin who wrote (11315)	4/30/1998 5:41:00 PM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13949

Re: Here's a little more specific information about Code 99/00 Very often in embedded system year codes 99 or 00 are used as "invalid" or end of file symbol. The software may behave unpredictable, go into special service mode or even crash. Source: cetest.nl - Jeff

To: Bobby Yellin who wrote (11315)	5/1/1998 12:22:00 AM
From: David Eddy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13949

Bobby - sounds like code 99 is a false alarm.. Not true on either count. Use of 99 (assuming in a the year portion of a date field) may or may not be treated as having special meaning. The best and only possible general answer is "it depends"... upon what you find when you open the system & take a look. It would be entirely possible for 12/31/99 to be both a valid date and to mean "case to be continued indefinitely" when used in the expiry date field. Simply cannot generalize. - David