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Why not foreseen the Y2K problem ?? Back when many of the programs used today were originally writtten memory was precious so the convention was adopted to just use the last 2 digits of the year. In those days 64K was the common memory. My computer at work ( a Xerox) had 64K and when the upgrade to 128 became available it was a new motherboard for about $1000. The stupidity comes in when the problem was not recognized as being important until about 4 or 5(?) years ago - then the inertia of bureaucracy had to be overcome to do something about it. The profit motive dictates that you never solve a problem until it becomes acute and costs 2 or 3 times as much to solve. Bob Anibal