Dates to test when looking for Y2K bugs

As of May 21st, 1999

When looking for Y2K bugs in any system, use the following dates as benchmarks. Some systems will find these an "issue", while better designed systems won't care.

From a GroupWise standpoint, v4.1a and above are Y2K complaint with the appropriate patches. For more information on these patches, contact DWS or Novell directly.

This list is in no way complete, nor does DWS or its employees take any responsibility for its accuracy.

	Date	Reason for Testing
	Sept 9, 1999	9999 on the Gregorian calendar
	Dec 31, 1999	Last day in 1999
	Jan 1, 2000	First day in 2000
	Jan 3, 2000	First day of business in 2000
	Jan 10, 2000	First day to require a two digit "day" field (1/10/2000)
	Jan 31, 2000	End of the first month in 2000
	Feb 29, 2000	Leap-year day for 2000
	Mar 31, 2000	End of the first quarter
	Oct 10, 2000	First date to require a two digit month field (10/10/2000)
	Dec 31, 2000	End of the year
	Jan 1, 2001	Beginning of 2001
	Dec 31, 2001	Check that the year (2001) has 365 days