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To: Y2k_fan who wrote (19195)	6/25/1998 2:28:00 PM
From: Y2k_fan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

For people who want some simple Y2K problems. This is a sorted output with date ordering. The correct order : 01/09/99 1 05/11/99 2 08/01/99 3 10/12/99 4 12/14/99 5 01/09/00 6 05/11/00 7 08/01/00 8 10/12/00 9 12/14/00 10 ... A non-Y2k compliant computer will give 01/09/00 6 05/11/00 7 08/01/00 8 10/12/00 9 12/14/00 10 01/09/99 1 05/11/99 2 08/01/99 3 10/12/99 4 12/14/99 5 ... Some clocks do not have carry overflow functions, it means that the clock will halt and will not migrate after 12/31/99. Even if the clock runs, the sorted output will be out of order. It can be disastrous in many situations. For example, in a tabular output for a spread sheet after you try to sort a table with data as its key. Similar problems exist in embedded chips, because some of them need to sample ordered data in timely order. An out-of-order data can generate totally meaningless result.