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Re: Backint date y2k

2000-01-03 02:45:03
Subject: Re: Backint date y2k
From: "Lambelet,Rene,VEVEY,FC-SIL/INF." <Rene.Lambelet AT NESTLE DOT COM>
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 08:45:03 +0100
> So,
> Does this mean we will have a year 2006 problem, when we go from 9F to 00,
> or will we have a problem in 2026 when we go from 9Z to 00 ?
>
> Should we start a working party now to look into this ? I think that we
> need some consultancy for this. Tell you what, I'll look at the 2026
> problem you look at the 2006 problem ...
>
Rene Lambelet
Nestec SA - 55, Av. Nestle - CH-1800 Vevey
Tel: ++41'21'924'35'43 / Fax: ++41'21'924'45'89
E-Mail: rene.lambelet AT nestle DOT com


> PS Happy new year.
>
>       -----Original Message-----
>       From:   Adriana Abouchar [SMTP:adrianas AT BR.IBM DOT COM]
>       Sent:   Saturday, 1. January 2000 13:34
>       To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>       Subject:        Backint date y2k
>
>        Hello there and Happy New Year,
>
>       We have verified that after the transition from 1999 to 2000 Backint
> 2.3.x
>       logs now shows in the year digit 9A instead of 00. We have found
> documents
>       saying that this is expected and normal, so I just want to share
> this
>       information to all the ADSM forumers using SAP
>       and Backint :
>
>       For SAP we need a unique backup ID. No matter if there is a date in
>
>       the ID or not.
>
>       For convenience the ID should be ordered the newest on top.
>       We only have 16 digits for our ID. So we can't use a 4 digit year.
>       We decided to increment the year by 99, 9A, 9B, 9C, ... to keep
>       the order. Because of the history of BACKINT this was the most
>       reasonable way for us to avoid the year 2000 problem. But SAP
>       doesn't care of the contents of the backup ID. So you shouldn't
>       run into any trouble.
>
>       Regards,
>       BACKINT Team Boeblingen
>
>       Thanks,
>
>       Adriana M. Sanchez Abouchar
>       IBM Brazil
>       email: adrianas AT br.ibm DOT com
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