L&A Johnson (larry_avery.johnson@SYMPATICO.CA) said on the date of 9/9/99 7:38 AM >Gerry, today is one of those days: 9'th day of the 9'th month in year >99. I hope your programming isn't too old. In early computer programming >days "9999" was often used to set a field to "deleted" status. So today >could bring some interesting electronic mayhem. Hold onto your emails >Gerry and ride the wave. Larry
Also, in early programming, today's date would be recorded 090999, not 9999.
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