Jim,

If I felt as strongly as you do about this, I would discuss the idea with some of the senior users. In this case, the users strongly oppose 4-digit years. At that point I would have to present my case to the president of the company and he would have to make a decision.

Bottom line is that the users use the system, not me. It works this way and it is no skin off my back either way so I will not waste my time and other people's time with this issue.

If they change their minds in 2000, I will change the program.

Do you really think this is an issue where the analyst/programmer has the final say? This is UI stuff. If the user wants something different (assuming they understand all the ramifications) than I want, they win.

Anyways, take care,
Joe



>>Hi Joseph.
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>>My reason for displaying all 4 digits of the year is so that the user knows absolutely for sure that the date they entered was correctly interpreted by the computer. If only two 2 digits are displayed, they will not be sure. But I know we differ on this (from a previous thread).
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>Evan,
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>You and I are on the same track. I would no more show a user "990903" as a date than I would show "seph" as a name when it is "Joseph". Think of it that way and suddenly the century issue becomes pretty silly.