Dave I believe the semantic problem with CC = century is that we recently had a "turn of the century" and are now living in the 21st century. During the 1900's we were in the 20th century. So, if CC = century - some people might interpret that being 21 not 20. Making all orders, invoices, shipments, etc. to be extremely late. Thanks Mary Scanlan Dave Taylor wrote: > Matt, > > >From a programmer's (and EDI specialist's) point-of-view, I would like to > argue that CCYY represents the century and the year properly, in which CC=20 > and YY=01 resulting in 2001. > > I think that the programmers at your previous company were "fixing" the Y2K > problem in a very unusual way. > > Dave Taylor > Sysmark Information Systems, Inc. > 800-797-6275 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matt Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 6:17 AM > Subject: Re: EDI dates > > > I was hoping that Mr. Kammerer would step up to the plate on this. I > vaguely recall (this might have just been a dream, though) an off-line > exchange some time ago about the "CCYYMMDD" nomenclature. > > > > From what I understand, "CC" for century is interpreted differently by > programmers than by those of us in the EDI world. At my old company, I seem > to remember (hey, my memory wasn't too good *before* I had to clear room to > store all of this X12 stuff!) that the programmers solved the Y2K "problem" > by using "0100" (CCYY) or maybe it was "100" (CYY) to indicate the year > 2000. > > > > The way that "CCYY" is interpreted in the EDI world is better stated as > "YYYY," meaning a four-digit date field. Presumably, we'll start dealing > with the next similar problem sometime around the year 9990. ;-> > > > > Matt Brown > > > > At 04:18 PM 5/23/01 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Rachel, > > > > > >Thanks to you and all who have responded to my "quick" question. > > > > > >It seems that the ANSI X12 standard calls for 6 digit dates (for DE373) > to > > >follow the format YYMMDD so that June 6, 1999 is 990606 and 8 digit dates > > >are to follow the format CCYYMMDD so that June 6, 1999 is 19990606. > > > > > >Jaime E. Zepeda > > >eBusiness Development Coordinator > > >Power & Telephone Supply Company > > >2673 Yale Avenue > > >Memphis, TN 38112-3335 > > > > > >(901) 320-3092 Voice > > >(901) 320-3084 Fax > > > > > >http://www.ptsupply.com > > >ISO 9002 Registered > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Matt Brown 805 3rd Avenue > > Technical Sales Support Engineer New York, NY > 10022 > > Internet Commerce Corporation 212-271-7631 > > > > ICC CORPORATE WEBSITES: > > http://www.icc.net ................... Internet Based VAN > > http://www.rtci.com .................. Consulting, Development & Mapping > > http://www.intercoastaldata.com ...... EDI Service Bureau > > http://www.xmlmagic.com .............. XML Information > > http://www.edipartners.com ........... EDI Educational Services > > > > ======================================================================= > > To contact the list owner: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/edi-l%40listserv.ucop.edu/ > > > > ======================================================================= > To contact the list owner: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/edi-l%40listserv.ucop.edu/
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