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Date: | 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.
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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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