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To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (968)	12/12/1998 4:51:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Respond to of 1361

I don't think the Y2K doomsayers would like articles like that. Too simple of a solution.

To: Alastair McIntosh who wrote (968)	12/14/1998 9:59:00 AM
From: Bill Ounce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1361

re: setting back the clocks Setting back the clocks (28 years) will work for isolated systems that don't need to exchange accurate time info between them. (This is the sort of thing that might work for a VCR.) You want to go back 28 years so all the S-M-T-W-T-F-S line up with the correct dates. This sort of kludge solution won't work for banking/accounting systems systems where you want to record an accurate date for each transaction. This sort of kludge solution won't work if the software licensing scheme enforces the year/month/date of the existing software license, or if the software/hardware won't accept dates from 28 years ago.