From Reuters:

        PITTSBURGH -- Trying to prevent massive computer
        problems when the year 2000 arrives, government
        information officers yesterday adopted a new standard
        for representing the year in computer systems.

        At a one-day summit in Pittsburgh, chief information
        officers from 40 states and 22 federal agencies
        adopted a new date identification code. The new
        standard will allow state and federal computers, which
        share massive amounts of electronic data, to continue
        to interact when the new century arrives.

        At a news conference after the summit, Pennsylvania
        Gov. Tom Ridge told reporters that officials had
        agreed to use four digits to identify the year in all
        state and federal agency computers.

        All those computers will use 2000, rather than 00, he
        said. "There is a mutual preference...that a four-digit
        date standard is used," he said.
        ...


For the full story:
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C15779%2C00.html?nd



Everyone at Adager is thrilled to be an integral part of this massive
effort (which, by the way, extends well beyond the U.S. borders).



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