The year 2000 problem: automated functions from case processing to personnel payroll could be affected.
Part of a special section on Internet use in the corrections field. Automated functions from case processing to personnel payroll could be affected by the year 2000 problem, or Y2K in technology circles, because of the use of only two digits to represent a year: Any time-related calculations involv...
| Publicado en: | Corrections Today Vol. 59; p. 102 |
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American Correctional Association
August 1997
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| Sumario: | Part of a special section on Internet use in the corrections field. Automated functions from case processing to personnel payroll could be affected by the year 2000 problem, or Y2K in technology circles, because of the use of only two digits to represent a year: Any time-related calculations involving years after 1999 might contain grave errors. The writer considers how this problem could affect automated functions in correctional agencies; furnishes answers to queries regarding the scale of the Y2K, why has it been allowed to happen, and how extensive the problem is; and discusses the issues involved in finding a solution to the dilemma. |
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