This serves to Certify
that TNA 2000 is Year 2000 Compliant.
The Year 2000 problem
(Y2K) problem centres around the use of date fields containing 2 digit
dates. This becomes an issue when data arithmetic occurs where the
earlier date ( say year 99 ) is bigger than a later date ( say year 01
). In addition the capture of a date (via keyboard or electronic
clock) can be ambiguous if
only 2 digits are used.
TNA 2000 does not store
dates in this format at all. TNA 2000 stores dates as the number of days
elapsed since December 28, 1800. Because of this date arithmetic is not
affected by the millennium. In
fact Dec 31 1999 will be day number 72686, and Jan 1 2000 will be day
number 72687.
In addition to this
while TNA 2000 may display dates in an abbreviated format ( ie dd/mm/yy
) - all data capture is done in the full format ( dd/mm/yyyy).
TNA 2000 does
make use of the PC's system date. In this respect the Computer itself
must be Y2K compliant in order for TNA 2000 to function properly.
TNA
2000 also makes use of data supplied by external hardware clocks. Even
if these clocks supply 2 digit dates, TNA 2000 will correctly apply the
correct century to the date. This also applies to any imports that the
program may be able to accomplish from the defined import formats (
where the import format specifies a 2 digit date).