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JW writes:
> >>All credit card processors are now Y2K compliant<<
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> Don't know about that <g>. Just got a new VISA card from First USA. The
> expiration date on the card is 07/01. Also have an AT&T MC card. That date
> is 09/01. 2 digit year dates are NOT Y2K compliant. I bet that the MC &
> Visa clearing centers are going to use a short-term windowing procedure
> since they probably can't get all the field systems switched in time. So
> dates less than some number (like 50) will be assumed to have a 20 in front
> of them, 51-99 will assume a 19.
Let's be fair here; because they *PRINT* 01 doesn't mean it's using 01
for processing, which is the real crux of any Y2K issue.
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