 Year 2000 Testing
 This
means that applications are tested to ensure that all programs,
data files, and reports can handle certain dates. For example,
if the year is stored as only two digits, instead of four, then
subtracting dates can cause a problem: "2004 - 1998"
becomes "04 - 98". Can the program handle that? What
happens if a program gets a date with "00" as the year?
Does it assume there is no date? Does it treat Feb 29, 2000 as
a valid date? Does it print dates properly, or mess up the formatting
when "00" is the year? Can life insurance policies,
term deposits, and licences expire beyond 1999? If your sales
report extends from October 1, 1999 to March 31, 2000, will it
show 6 months figures, or only 3?
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