Re: off-topic thought on problematic dates (was Re: January 19, 2038)

[Paul Tomblin <ptomblin xcski com>]

Quoting Ari Jort (arijort@thorn.net):
> 
> For instance, of the fixed or at least tackles problems,
> how many were from systems built in the 60's, 70's, 80's 
> or even 90's?

Before you say "or even 90's", you should note that in 1997 I had a
knock-down, drag-out fight with my manager because he wanted to implement a
design that we'd gotten from another department in the same company, even
though I kept pointing out that there were only two digits in the date field
and everything would break horribly in a mere three years.  Managers are
morons, so I don't doubt that stuff is being rolled out TODAY that isn't Y2K
compliant.

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