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From: john@jetson.UPMA.MD.US (John Owens)
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Subject: Re: Dates (was American vs. European numerical usage)
Message-ID: <126@jetson.UPMA.MD.US>
Date: 25 Aug 88 15:23:16 GMT
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In article <183@dcs.UUCP>, wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul) writes:
> I don't think [the turn of the century] will cause major confusion.
> The world weathered the last turn of the century, too, didn't it?

Yeah, but there weren't nearly as many computerized information
systems then!  I'm going to take all my money out of the bank on
December 30, 1999 and not put it back until the panic settles.  I
really don't want to be charged -100 years interest.  On the flip
side, I wouldn't be surprised if lots of late bills due in late 1999
aren't flagged as late - they won't be due for another 99 years.

I'm sure people are working on cleaning up their software, but
there'll always be something not caught until there's a disaster.

(Psychic Prediction:  The first hint of the oncoming period of chaos
and confusion will be when ATM cards issued in 1998 expiring in 2000
or later are not accepted by ATM machines, since 98 > 00.)

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