A September dress rehearsal for the Year 2000 computer test

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The date 9/9/99 resembles stop codes, like 9999, used by computer programmers to indicate the end of a file. Most computers will read the date as 090999, so there shouldn't be widespread problems. Businesses and government agencies are using this date as a chance to test their Year 2000 problem reporting systems. The use of 9999 was mainly limited to Cobol programs, and faults generated by the number can generally be fixed within an hour or two.

Management, Technology overview, Year 2000 transition

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In Wall St. computer test, New Year arrives in March; biggest 2000 drill yet is set for Saturdays

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March 6, 1999, marks the next round of testing for the Year 2000 date rollover. 400 financial services companies plan to set their computers' dates to January 29, 1999, to verify that their systems are ready for the next year. The Securities Industry Association will spend $10 mil; industry participants, $100 mil. The tests will continue on Saturdays through April 24.

Securities and Commodity Exchanges, Security and commodity exchanges, Securities Exchanges, Services information, Data Processing Services, Data processing and preparation, Financial Industry DP Services, Planning, Safety and security measures, Financial services, Computer services industry, Information technology services industry, Information technology services, Testing, Exchanges, Securities industry, Systems/data security software, Systems and data security software, Software product testing, Software testing

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