Y2K

-----Original Message----- From: Barry A. Watzman <Watzman(a)ibm.net> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers <classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu> Date: Wednesday, 6 January 1999 14:42 Subject: Y2K write dates in the format >"mm/dd/yy", as in 12/31/99. Not just in computer programs, but in normal, day-to-day lives. It's that simple, >and that is all that there is to it. Only if you live in America. Much of the world (like here, or the UK, New Zealand etc) use dd/mm/yy in their "normal, day-to-day lives." I have personally had numerous headaches with software written (mostly) in the USA where this unwarranted assumption on date useage is hard coded into the damn software. Accounting packages are prime offenders. So is a well known DOS based Fax program. This usually results in users moving to a package that does not make silly assumptions about date useage outside America. I know there are 250+ million of you, but we're not the 53rd state. (Yet anyway) We "ain't gonna" change the way WE do things here. It would make our lives a lot easier if such things were an option, some authors get it right, and allow it to be a config option, sadly, lots don't. Oh, and our financial year is from 1 July to 30 June, not 1 January to 31 December. Had that trouble as well. Grrrr. Cheers Geoff Roberts Computer Room Internet Cafe Port Pirie South Australia. netcafe(a)pirie.mtx.net.au