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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: David Eddy who wrote (5253)	4/4/1999 9:31:00 PM
From: Jim	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

We only sell application software which we write using the PICK Operating System. A date of 31 Dec 66 is stored in the computer as -365. When we read or input a date, we specify the edit mask of D4 (date field), and the computer automatically stores the numeric equivalent ie. 11417 for 04APR99. If the two position date is less then 25, it assumes 2000 + date otherwise it assumes 1900 + date. If we key in or read a four position year ie. 01jan1910, it stores this as 1910 ie. -21183. I assumed that many operating systems did this as well since it makes elapsed date calculations VERY easy. Jim