Janmes and Lance, Does it really work or is it just reading the first two digits (i.e. 20) and is actually seeing the year 1920? To check this out you would have to see what day of the week that particular date is in the year 2000. Terry Beckingham At 02:45 PM 6/23/98 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Lance, >I really don't care how it works, just so that it works. >Thanks, > James Grebe >R.P.T. of the P.T.G. from St. Louis, MO. USA, Earth >Piano Service and Piano Periperals >pianoman@inlink.com May I listen as well as I hear. > >---------- >> From: Lance Lafargue <lafargue@iamerica.net> >> To: pianotech@ptg.org >> Subject: Re: 2K >> Date: Tuesday, June 23, 1998 9:47 AM >> >> James, >> The computer is reading the two digits as greater than/less than. 00 is >> less than 98.........so, 2000 is greater than 98 and it works, you'll be >> able to do searches,etc. For most programs/software, though, the >computer >> is reading in two digits, and there is no way around it. >> Lance Lafargue, RPT >> New Orleans Chapter >> Covington, LA. >> lafargue@iamerica.net >> >> ---------- >> > From: pianoman <pianoman@inlink.com> >> > To: pianotech@ptg.org >> > Subject: 2K >> > Date: Monday, June 22, 1998 8:16 PM >> > >> > Hi all, >> > After playing with my PFS:First Choice data base which I have used >since >> > the late '80's I think I found away around the 2000 problem. Right now >I >> > enter the date in the format of 06/22/98. If you try 06/22/00 it will >> not >> > accept it. However if you do 06/22/2000 it will accept it for some >> reason. >> > I typed in several future dates beyond 2000 and it retrieved them both >> in >> > a search and in a report form. Maybe this is a way out. Anyone else >> tried >> > this way? >> > James Grebe >> > R.P.T. of the P.T.G. from St. Louis, MO. USA, Earth >> > Piano Service and Piano Periperals >> > pianoman@inlink.com May I listen as well as I hear. > >
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