Year 2000 in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference

by Norman Shakespeare

In the past when code was tight and memory scarce, it was standard practice to use two-digit storage (for example 68 for the year 1968) for date code within software. Unfortunately, when the clock... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565924215
• ISBN13: 9781565924215
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Length: 327 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Y2K Technical Overview

This book is an excellent technical treatment of the Y2K problem. It has none of the hand-wringing or dire prognostications of other books on the topic. Instead, it sticks to the facts - technical, historical, and managerial - that help both explain the problem, and what can be done to prevent and/or alleviate it. The technical discussion includes date handling in general, but much of the code is COBOL-oriented. The book also includes an excellent summary of the COBOL language syntax, and a summary of date handling functions in a variety of languages - COBOL, VB, C, PL/1, etc.

VERY INFORMATIVE

Fabulous book, I enjoyed it thoroughly. I recommend it to all types of readers.