>I heard something about this date telling computers to shut down. My boss is asking about it. Does anyone know where I could get more info about it?

9999 is a stop code for some computer systems:

Here are some links:

http://www.fcw.com/pubs/fcw/1999/0830/web-testing-09-02-99.html
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctg006.htm
http://www.businesstoday.com/techpages/y2kearly09021999.htm