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Re: What dates to use for testing of Y2K-compliance?
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"Stigers, Greg [And]" <[log in to unmask]>
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Stigers, Greg [And]
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Thu, 15 Apr 1999 12:47:01 -0400
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You may have read about the company that hired Y2K consultants. A couple of
hours into acceptance testing, some data entry operator got creative, and
was the first to enter 2001 instead of just 2000 dates. The app failed. I
guess those consultants thought they were selling an annual subscription...

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Geiser [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 1999 8:51 AM
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Subject: Re: What dates to use for testing of Y2K-compliance?

<snip>
the 12/31/2000 - 1/1/2001 should be checked just to be darned sure.
<snip

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