>1. Accept a date with a century specification (i.e.: not crash when given a 4-digit year)
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>2. Retain the century value, regardless of the system date (i.e.: {07/04/1999} is still {07/04/1999} after Jan 1st.

That sounds reasonable, in general. However, we have to allow 2-digit years for data entry in our systems. ROLLOVER works fine in an app, of course, but for Y2K-testing purposes I need to get my results using Command & Browse windows, also...