Re: 9/9/1999
On Mon, Aug 10, 1998 at 09:43:29AM -0600, vaidhy@wwdg.com wrote:
> > The reason I write you is because I'm curious: What would you expect to happen
> > on 9/9/1999? (I can't think of any reason why this date is special).
>
> I think the problem is that a lot of mainframe software like backup etc, have set the expiry date as 9/9/1999 (ie: 9/9/99).
Also 9/9/99 aka 9999 was sometimes used as end of record/file/whatever.
Adrian
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