Back in the 60s. Went from GMAP to COBOL whlle working for GE. We had another opportunity in the late 90s as we approached the year 2000. All those date fields with just two digits.
... year 2000. All those date fields with just two digits.
We just used Y2KY jelly, and voila, room for four digits! Then added regular expressions to COBOL, and automated the whole process. Luckily, we had tests, manual of course.
33 posted on 08/20/2020 8:41:50 AM PDT by bIlluminati
(Defund the Left. Shrink the U.S. Federal government to 1897 levels.)