full-disclosure - alert: the 111111 bug

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Date: Mon Jul  4 13:40:11 2005
From: larry at larryseltzer.com (Larry Seltzer)
Subject: alert: the 111111 bug

>>> For this customer 11/11/11 in the date field means, don't process this 
>>> record, which will obviously cause problems with legitimate 
>>> transactions on that date.
>>>
>>> I suspect using a new field to flag a state, instead of "special"
>>> data, would have been more appropriate.
>>>

>Not to worry.  The 11th of November, 2011 is a Saturday.  No one will be
working that day.  :-)

Actually, it will probably be a 3 day weekend for Veterans (Armistice) Day.
Even less reason to worry??????

LJS