[sustran] fwd: Reply to Y2K bug - fix it yourself (Take 1)

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Fri Sep 3 00:22:10 JST 1999


Subject: BOUNCE sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org:    Non-member submission
from [Anthony Reynolds <Anthony.Reynolds at NUIGALWAY.IE>]   
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Dear Colleagues:

First apologies to all those who already know this:

With respect to email concerning  Y2K bug - fix it yourself (Take 1) 
posted to the UTSG list on Thusday, 26 Aug 1999:

Microsoft are treating the proliferation of that particular piece of
information regarding Windows' Y2K compliancy as a hoax.  See
http://www.microsoft.com/y2k/hoax/y2khoax.htm (extracted below).

In short, the setting discussed in the email pertains solely to
display format, which, categorically, impacts on no internal 
processing.  For example, even without changing your settings as
described below, if you load Excel and enter 2/2/2000 in a cell,
regardless of what is displayed, the date is stored as an offset from
1900, as are all dates in Microsoft applications - how exactly it's
displayed depends on the display settings within Excel, not as applied
to the Win 95 OS as per the 'fix' circulated in the email.

That said, there are still Y2K "issues" with versions of Win95. 
According to Microsoft's Win95 Y2K website
[http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/user_view68382EN.htm
] the only version of Windows95 that is (fully) Y2K compliant is Win95
OSR 2.5, 4.00.1111  Microsoft pledge continuing support for this
version of Windows through Jan 1st. 2001.

Earlier releases of Win95 are computationally sound viz a viz Y2K but
do have various non-compliant issues relating primarily to display
functions.  The exact nature of compliancy/non-compliancy of MS
products (including OSes) can be determined by means of the MS Year
2000 Product Guide, accessible at:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/year2k/product/product.asp


Hope this is of help!

Anthony Reynolds
Department of Mechanical Engineering
National University of Ireland, Galway
Galway
Ireland

Tel. :  +353-91-524411 ext. 3036
Fax  :  +353-91-563991
Email:  Anthony.Reynolds at nuigalway.ie



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