Article: Q188707
Product(s): Microsoft C Compiler
Version(s): 4.2,5.0,6.0
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbYear2000 kbCRT kbDateTime kbMFC kbVC420 kbVC500 kbVC600 kbGrpDSVCCompiler
Last Modified: 02-MAY-2002
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Enterprise Edition, versions 4.2, 5.0, 6.0
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Professional Edition, versions 4.2, 5.0, 6.0
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Learning Edition, version 6.0
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SUMMARY
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To determine whether applications developed with Visual C++ will encounter
problems in the year 2000, you must consider the following three items:
1. Display format and user input of dates.
2. Temporary storage in the program. This includes variables and function
parameters.
3. Long-term storage such as a database or file.
Visual C++ is a flexible development tool. You can create your own date formats
for display, input, and storage. This article can only comment on the APIs and
data types supplied with the various technologies shipping with Visual C++. You
should analyze your application for potential year 2000 problems in all other
aspects of your programming.
MORE INFORMATION
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Following are the years that will cause an overflow in the date for each given
technology. For the database APIs, please be aware that database drivers may
reformat the date types to meet the needs of the target database. You must check
the format of date types for your target databases.
YEAR Technology
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2038 C Run-time (CRT) time functions and data types
2038 MFC CTime
9999 MFC COleDateTime
9999 ADO, RDO, DAO
16383 ODBC
2099 Win32 time functions and data types
2108 Win32 file time functions and data types
9999 OLE data types (such as: VARIANT, DATE)
Additional query words: Y2K DATE struct tm FILETIME SYSTEMTIME SQL_TIMESTAMP_STRUCT SQL_DATE_STRUCT
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Keywords : kbYear2000 kbCRT kbDateTime kbMFC kbVC420 kbVC500 kbVC600 kbGrpDSVCCompiler
Technology : kbVCsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVC420 kbVC500 kbVC600 kbVC32bitSearch kbVC500Search
Version : :4.2,5.0,6.0
Issue type : kbinfo
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