Re: controversial paper

From: Mok-Kong Shen (mok-kong.shen_at_t-online.de)
Date: 09/30/03 

Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 09:50:42 +0200

Mxsmanic wrote:
>

> For example, I would never design a dating system that ceases to work in
> 2038 or that only uses two digits for the year. In the past I've
> targetd validity periods closer to three million years. The extra code
> and effort is trivial in comparison to the extra margin provided,
> especially when compared to the cost of retrofitting necessary changes
> down the line (cf. Y2K).

To cater for three million years, do you employ a fixed
length field of 7 digits or do you employ instead a variable
length field that enables eventual entry of a year that
is almost infinite? I am simply curious.

M. K. Shen

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