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July 1997, Week 4

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Gary Jackson <[log in to unmask]>
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Gary Jackson <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 22 Jul 1997 14:18:37 -0700
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>I while back (last fall?) I wrote some of our customers and asked them if
>they had a position as to whether the century ends Dec. 31, 1999, or Dec.
>31, 2000.  The vast majority have apparently decided that they are
>treating Dec.  31, 1999 as the end of the century, despite the positions
>of the Library of Congress, NIST, and RGO that the century ends Dec. 31,
>2000.  I guess we will follow our customers lead.  It really doesn't
>matter to our software, as there is no "century" variable.
>
>

Last year Reader's Digest had a little article about the century change.
Their bottom line was that 12/31/2000 is the last day of this
century/millenium, but if you wait until then to celebrate you are going to
miss the BIG party.


Gary Jackson
Nevada CSOS
(916) 478-6407 - voice
(916) 478-6410 - fax

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