I vote for *KLUDGE*.  I wonder if they did this because disk is too
expensive to expand to 8-digit dates?

Tracy Pierce,
Golden Gate Bridge

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ted Ashton [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 11:23 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Y2K and Sorted YYMMDD Image paths!
>
>
> Thus it was written in the epistle of Glenn J. Koster, Sr.,
> > Tom wrote:
> >
> > > Growthpower uses a nasty Kludge for Sorted Dates. 991231
> is followed by
> > > A00101. Jan 2000 thru Dec 2009 is A00101 to A91231. Jan
> 2010 thru Dec
> > > 2019 is B00101 to B91231. And so on.
> >
> > I beg to differ, I don't feel that the "A0" formatted date
> is a "nasty
> > Kludge".  In fact, it is a worthy candidate for most
> ingenious Y2K success
> > stories not requiring date windowing.
>
> Would you settle for "nice kludge"? ;-).
>
> Ted
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> Ted Ashton ([log in to unmask]), Info Serv, Southern
> Adventist University
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> only product is
> an eternal uproar.
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