This stuff is all in Adobe Acrobat 4.0. I haven't read it yet.

Press Release dated 11/18:

Electric Utilities Are Y2k Compliant

The report (also dated 11/18):

NERC Y2k Report to DOE

Y2k Ready and Y2k Ready With Limited Exceptions List - Revised as of November 8

Exceptions List Summary of Non-Nuclear Exceptions Reports - Revised as of November 8

Enjoy!

-- (pshannon@inch.com), November 19, 1999

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Thanks for the links. FWIW, Acrobat Reader 3.0 was not Y2K compatible, Acrobat Reader 4.0 was. There is a new free Acrobat Reader 4.05 at their download site this week.

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-- John (jh@NotReal.ca), November 19, 1999.

John, thank you. I just looked at the Adobe program on my PC. Sure enough it is 3.0.

-- Nancy (wellsnl@hotmail.com), November 19, 1999.

Nancy, I mentioned to my son who works from the Canadian Government that a free Y2K check program had flagged Acrobat Reader 3.x as non- compliant. This didn't gel with what he had heard, so I did a net search. The result is that I am no longer sure whether 3.x is fully compatible or not.

For example, the US Bureau of Land Management site says quotes Adobe as saying the following about Reader 3.0

<< The versions of Adobe software products listed in the Product List link and all subsequent releases of products (if any), should be unaffected by the change to the year 2000 and will accurately represent date information within the constraints of the operating systems.

Please note that Adobe cannot review and test discontinued products or versions of Adobe products prior to those listed. If you have a prior version of continued Adobe product and year 2000 compliance is critical to you, we strongly encourage you to upgrade to the current version."

Conclusions: Year 2000 compliant with minor issues. >>

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Note: Adobe does not say it is compliant, only that it 'should be unaffected'. Which makes one wonder if it was tested or the code was simply looked at. IMHO, the safest thing is still to upgrade it to the latest version.

-- John (jh@NotReal.ca), November 19, 1999.