DocumentCode
2740378
Title
Techniques for addressing the Year 2000 transition
Author
Liang, Chungti ; Phelps, Brad ; Tan, Jack
Author_Institution
IBM Corp., Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
fYear
1997
fDate
11-15 Aug 1997
Firstpage
444
Lastpage
447
Abstract
Most programs written in the past will be encountering the Year 2000 transition problem in a few years. Those with two-digit representations of dates will be incorrectly interpreted by these programs. Efforts are underway to avert a potentially disastrous industry-wide software nightmare. The authors address the problem by discussing various techniques for averting such a potential disaster
Keywords
data integrity; database management systems; Year 2000 transition; programs; two-digit data representation; Application software; Arithmetic; Credit cards; Hardware; Information systems; Lifting equipment; Sorting; Stock markets; Transaction databases; Waste materials;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computer Software and Applications Conference, 1997. COMPSAC '97. Proceedings., The Twenty-First Annual International
Conference_Location
Washington, DC
ISSN
0730-3157
Print_ISBN
0-8186-8105-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CMPSAC.1997.625035
Filename
625035
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