At 05:08 AM 12/25/99 -0800, you wrote: >THANK YOU. > >We just got this new Hewlett Packard computer with Windows 98 and sure >enought it was set with only 2 y's. Your computer is fine. This warning about the date-display format is a hoax. The display format is just that, a display format, for consumption by humans. Humans can understand 2-digit dating. My father was born in '99 and died in '70. My grandson was born in '96 and I expect another grandchild in '00. In context, there's no ambiguity about whether the implied digits are "18", "19", or "20". Just to get back on topic, my grandson and prospective grandchild are descended from George Ledlow ANDERSON and his wife Ann Mariah SINGLETON of Harford County, Maryland. Merry Christmas and happy Y2K to all! Glenn