MORE Re: [PAF] Entering 2001

[Cheryl Singhal <csinghal@CapAccess.org>]

It's not *much* consolation, but 2.31 didn't complain about 2001, even in 
fr-chk.

I guess I got to get used to PAF 4, huh? (g)

Cheryl

On Tue, 20 Feb 1973, Cheryl Singhal wrote:

> 
> 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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