Well I found an interesting quote on the government of Canada Web Site:

'He noted that they had received advice from their legal advisors that they should not use the term "Y2K certified" but rather "Y2K ready". '

http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/rin/ia_main/it/itauditgroup/minutes/IT%20meeting%2010%20Feb%20E.html

So having managed projects to be "Y2K Compliant" I am curious as to this "Y2K Ready" term. I found an answer at the US NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Web Site.

'As discussed in this Generic Letter, "Y2K Ready" is defined as a computer system or application that has been determined to be suitable for continued use into the year 2000, even though the computer system or application is not Y2K Compliant. A Y2K Readiness Program is a plan for a facility to become Y2K Ready. "Y2K Compliant" is defined as a computer system or application that accurately processes date/time data (including, but not limited to, calculating, comparing, and sequencing) from, into, and between the years 1999 and 2000, and beyond, including leap-year calculations.'

http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/GENACT/GC/GL/1998/gl98003.html

Now I know from the NRC Web Site that all nuclear facilities are "Y2K Ready". However, I have not heard of any "Y2K Compliant" nuclear facilities or what state of compliance I have heard of; anyone have such information?

In addition I found the requirements for an item to be deems Compliant at http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/Y2K/NRCNEI/9707apph.pdf

Moving on, the "A Y2K Readiness Program" caught my eye and I reviewed the inventory document for this use.

http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/Y2K/NRCNEI/9707appb.pdf

What bothered me is the focus on dates. My experience is that dates are usually part of a package. Time is usually packaged with dates, when a program asks for a time then the date information is usually included (for free). Furthermore I have found vendor packages that do weird things like get the system date upon starting a library.

Anyway, just some observations, Paul

-- Paul (paul@home.com), December 15, 1999

Answers

Paul, thank you very much for at last explaining the differenct to me between Compliant and Ready. Of all I've read heretofor, it's never previously been clear in my mind as to just what the hell was being said.

So, as it stands, everything and everyone, is "Ready" but darned little is compliant.

Sixteen days to go, and there should be some very interesting stories yet to come.

-- Richard (Astral-Acres@webtv.net), December 15, 1999.

Paul, Y2K Ready... please feel free to assign any words of joy for a job well done. No, almost complete. No, 99.9%.....

More weaselology...

-- PJC (paulchri@msn.com), December 15, 1999.

Y2K ready means it sorta works.

-- John (jh@NotReal.ca), December 16, 1999.

Y2K compliant means that it will work. Y2K ready means it won't.

-- Mr. Adequate (mr@adequate.com), December 16, 1999.

Mr. Adequate: A more than adequate answer. :o)

-- A (A@AisA.com), December 16, 1999.