Re: [PAF] Entering 2001

[Cheryl Singhal <csinghal@CapAccess.org>]

VERY interesting.  

I tried entering a death date of 2001 in a small PAF 2.2 database.  
Program accepted it peacefully with NO error message.  Closed the database, 
exit to DOS, reopen PAF and the database.  Date is there.  Closed PAF, 
doing the frchk as I did so.  Error report mentioned RIN 4, invalid death 
date: 2001.  Suggested I run frchk-f.  I figured it would do what it did 
for Leslie, so I didn't do that, just went in and manually deleted the 
deathdate and the note that flagged it as a test.

Interesting that the programmers in 198x got the date of the new 
millenium right, ignored the Y2K issue, and STILL managed to booby-trap 
the program.

However, so far as I can tell, so long as you don't run FRchk-f, you're 
OK. (g)  And if you DO have to run it for some reason, make the printout 
so you can re-enter the 2001 dates.

Very wierd.

Cheryl

On Tue, 20 Feb 1973, Cheryl Singhal wrote:

> On Tue, 20 Feb 2001 LeslieCab@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > I'm using PAF version 2.2 and when I enter the year of 2001 it accepts it but 
> > when I exit the program and do a record check it states I have minor problems 
> > with my data and when I repair it using FRCK -f it eliminates the 2001 year 
> > in my data.
> > Is there away to correct this so that I'm not loosing the information that I 
> > entered?
> 
> Interesting.  I'm also using PAF 2.2 and it easily accepted and KEPT 2000 
> as a date.  I haven't checked for 2001, but I would expect it to accept it.
> 
> I'm running PAF 2.2 on a 486/33 16M RAM Compac that is Y2K compliant and
> boots in DOS.  I've never run PAF 2.x thru WIN so I don't know if that'll
> make a difference or not. 
> 
> You might want to check your computer's system clock for the date.  If 
> your computer, like this ISP, thinks it's not 2001, it could create the 
> anomaly.
> 
> As a temporary measure, though, quit running FRCHK-f (g)  SOME minor data 
> problems just aren't (a) problems or (b) worth fixing.
> 
> Cheryl
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