>>The worst about the fixes is that they won't be thoroughly tested (ie in a live environment) until it's too late.
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>That's about the only saving grace with our legislature mandated deadlines of 31 Dec 98 (all 'mission critical' apps be Y2K and testing ) and 01 Sept 99 (must be Y2K in production). That gives us 4 months of 'live' to deal with since we tend to spend much of the current year working in next year. And knowing our management, they'll want everything production by March 99.

From what I've read in various places Texas seems to be leading the charge. That's good news. (You are talking State not Federal I presume)