[AccessD] 2010 Bug hits Germany

Oooooooooooooo,
I would have used BCD only for output (Display).
Poor guys...

Lembit

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tortise" <tortise at paradise.net.nz>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 11:18 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] 2010 Bug hits Germany


> http://aardvark.co.nz/daily/2010/0105.shtml might help you guys?
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lembit Soobik" <lembit.dbamail at t-online.de>
> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 11:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] 2010 Bug hits Germany
>
>
>> LOL,
>> or someone slept 10 years???
>>
>> I dont think it has to do with Cobol or the millenium bug, since it is 
>> one
>> version of the chips in these cards, and this chip as for sure been 
>> designed
>> within the last 5 or less years. just a sloppy chip design.
>>
>> Lembit
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Rocky Smolin" <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
>> To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'"
>> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 10:12 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] 2010 Bug hits Germany
>>
>>
>>> Bavarian Basic?
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max Wanadoo
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 12:53 PM
>>> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] 2010 Bug hits Germany
>>>
>>> Could be something to do with signed integers in Cobol or similar?
>>>
>>>
>>> Max
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
>>> Sent: 05 January 2010 20:45
>>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] 2010 Bug hits Germany
>>>
>>> Oops!  Somebody cut a corner and expected to fix it later. Maybe the
>>> expiration date is split into pieces and only the right digit is 
>>> compared
>>> to
>>> the current year last digit or something similar. Odd that it's unique 
>>> to
>>> Germany.
>>>
>>> GK
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Max Wanadoo <max.wanadoo at gmail.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34706092/ns/technology_and_science-securit
>>>> y/
>>>>
>>>> Why would this happen?
>>>>
>>>> Max
>>>>
>
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