This page was last updated on 1998 November 18. It was previously modified on 1998 October 24, after copying from the original location at: <http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dstrange/y2k.htm>

Some of the older links shown are known to be not working and are marked as 'N/A' at present. When time permits, this problem will be resolved. There may be a few other links that have failed, but hopefully there is enough here that still works for everyone to find the information that they require. Some links have [Alt] after them. This denotes an alternative address.

This page mainly consists of links to files, documents and programs that are located on many other sites scattered all around the world. Most of those sites do NOT contain a link back to this page. In this case you need to use the 'BACK' [Left Pointing Arrow] button on your Browser to return here. Better still use the 'Bookmark' [Netscape] or 'Favourites' [Explorer] feature to store the address [URL] of this Web Page for future reference.

This Web Page is soon to be mirrored at a new location. Check out: <http://www.qsl.net/g1smd/> It's now here, but not yet complete! The new site will contain revised versions of the ISO 8601 information files and will incorporate some screen shots to illustrate the points being made. The site should be ready before the end of 1998.

For the Article about Standards in the Computer Shopper magazine (Issue 129, dated 1998-November), a temporary Web Page has been set up. This is currently located at: < http://www.aegis1.demon.co.uk/standard/cs129s.htm>. This page contains additions and corrections to the article, as well as further links to other Web Pages dealing with various computer and Internet related standards. The page is updated and copied to: < http://www.qsl.net/g1smd/cs129s.htm>.

• Year 2000 and ISO 8601 Notes. Why ISO 8601 is relevant to Year 2000 projects.
  
  
• What is ISO 8601? Details of the ISO 8601 Date Standard.
  
  
• Various Date Standards. ISO Dates, Julian Day, etc.
  
  
• Implementation of ISO 8601. Which Countries have signed up to the ISO 8601 standard? Find out here.
  
  
• Implementation of ISO 8601. Which Countries have signed up to the ISO 8601 standard? An updated version of the list.
  
  
• A Common Date-Time Standard for Amateur Radio - A Proposal. How the ISO 8601 standard could help Amateur Radio operators.
  
  
• HTML Version: of G1SMD's Common Date-Time Standard for Amateur Radio Proposal Document. Hosted by John Morris, GM4ANB.
  
  
• HTML Version: * * READ ME * * of G1SMD's Common Date-Time Standard for Amateur Radio Proposal Document. Hosted by John Morris, GM4ANB [New Address for Document: 1998-May onwards].
  
  
• HTML Version: of G1SMD's Common Date-Time Standard for Amateur Radio Proposal Document. New Site 1998-Oct onwards.
  
  
• < ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/ham/misc/year2000.zip> A ZIP file of various Year 2000 and ISO 8601 Texts by Ian Galpin (G1SMD) saved in plain ASCII format.
  
  
• < ftp://ftp.qsl.net/pub/g1smd/year2000.zip> A ZIP file of various Year 2000 and ISO 8601 Texts by Ian Galpin (G1SMD) saved in plain ASCII format. New Site.
  
  
• < ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/ham/misc/g1smd.zip> The Year 2000, Amateur Radio and Computer Systems. A Guide for Programmers and Users of Amateur Radio Computer Software.
  
  
• < ftp://ftp.qsl.net/pub/g1smd/g1smd.zip> The Year 2000, Amateur Radio and Computer Systems. A Guide for Programmers and Users of Amateur Radio Computer Software. New Site.
  
  
• FTP Search: Use FTP Search to find the file G1SMD.ZIP if the link above does not work.
  
  
• IBM-compatible PCs: This file describes how to set up IBM-compatible PCs running either IBM or Microsoft DOS (Version 5.0 or later), Windows 3.1 or 3.11, or Windows 95 or NT4 to use the ISO 8601 Date and Time formats. The file also includes information on the Year 2000 Bug affecting the File Manager of versions 3.1 and 3.11 of Windows.
  
  
• IBM-compatible PCs: This file describes how to set up IBM-compatible PCs running either IBM or Microsoft DOS (Version 5.0 or later), Windows 3.1 or 3.11, or Windows 95 or NT4 to use the ISO 8601 Date and Time formats. The file also includes information on the Year 2000 Bug affecting the File Manager of versions 3.1 and 3.11 of Windows. New Site.
  
  
• Acorn RiscPC: This ZIP file allows the Acorn RiscPC to use the ISO 8601 Date and Time Standard formats. Includes complete instructions for installation. File written by James Miller, G3RUH.
  
  
• < ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/ham/misc/risc-iso.zip> Another copy of the ISO 8601 Template File and instructions for the Acorn RiscPC, as compiled by James Miller, G3RUH.
  
  
• < ftp://ftp.qsl.net/pub/g1smd/risc-iso.zip> Another copy of the ISO 8601 Template File and instructions for the Acorn RiscPC, as compiled by James Miller, G3RUH.
  
  
• The BATC and ISO 8601: The BATC (British Amateur Television Club) has now adopted the ISO 8601 standard. See the 'Date and Time' document here for more information on this.
  
  
• The BATC and ISO 8601: The BATC (British Amateur Television Club) has now adopted the ISO 8601 standard. Locally held copy of their document on this.
  
  
• Design News: [N/A] Answers to the the Design Dilemma column of Design News magazine of 1997-Oct/Nov, discussing the Year 2000 Problem and the implementation of the ISO 8601 standard.
  
  
• The 8th, 432 MHz and Above, EME Conference: In the 1998-September issue of The EME Newsletter, there is a copy of the paper presented at the '8th, 432 MHz and Above, EME Conference' in Paris, France on 1998 August 08. This paper is entitled 'A Common Date/Time Standard for Amateur Radio'. It outlines how international activities can benefit by adopting International Standard ISO 8601.
  
  
• A Common Date/Time Standard for Amateur Radio': A copy of the paper presented at the '8th, 432 MHz and Above, EME Conference' in Paris, France on 1998 August 08. This paper outlines how international activities can benefit by adopting International Standard ISO 8601, and derivative standards.
  
  
• QST: 'Software Traps' [N/A] 1997-Aug, Technical Correspondence, Page 69 and 70. The full original uncut article as submitted to QST.
  
  
• Digest of QST 1997-Aug: A Summary of the QST article referred to in the link above this one.

Sorry, most Review links are Not Available at present. I ran out of time to update this part of the page. Keep scrolling down for the Diagnostics, User Groups, and General Information sections.

• A Review of: Solving the Year 2000 Problem - Jim Keogh - AP Professional. ISBN 0-12-575560-0 (1997)
  
  
• A Review of: [N/A] The Year 2000 Problem Solver - Bryce Ragland - McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-052517-X (1996)
  
  
• A Review of: [N/A] The Year 2000 Software Crisis - William M. Ulrich and Ian S. Hayes - Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0-13-655664-7 (1997)
  
  
• A Review of: [N/A] The Year 2000 Computing Crisis - Jerome T Murray. ISBN 0-07-912945-5 (1996). McGraw Hill
  
  
• A Review of: [N/A] Year 2000 Solutions for Dummies - K. C. Bourne. ISBN 0-7645-0241-7 (1997). IDG Books. [Second Edition only, which corrects a number of errors, is recommended]
  
  
• A Review of: [N/A] Managing 00. Surviving the Year 2000 Computing Crisis - Peter de Jager and Richard Burleon. ISBN 0-471-17937-X (1996). John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
  
  
• A Review of: [N/A] Year 2000: Core Business Show Stopper or Costly Irritant. ISBN x-xx-xxxxxx-x. (xxxx). VNU Business Publications.

• Steve Adams: Campaign for ISO format dates on Internet, by Steve Adams in Sheffield, England.
  
  
• Markus Kuhn: A Summary of the ISO 8601 Date Standard, by Markus Kuhn in Germany. New Address operational 1998-May/June onwards.
  
  
• Markus Kuhn: [N/A: Moved] A Summary of the ISO 8601 Date Standard, by Markus Kuhn in Germany. This Page has Moved (see above link). The Server Closed Down in 1998-October.
  
  
• Peter Meyer's Page: about the ISO 8601 Date Standard. Hosted on the New Zealand server of Hermetic Systems.
  
  
• New Zealand ISO 8601: Peter Meyer's web page about the ISO 8601 Date Standard. Hosted on the Swiss server of Hermetic Systems.
  
  
• Hermetic Systems: Various Articles and Software about Calendars, Encryption, HTML Utilities, Year 2000 Problem and Standards, including ISO 8601.
  
  
• Internic Draft: Draft-Newman-DateTime-01: by Chris Newman about adopting the ISO 8601 formats in Internet protocols.
  
  
• Internic Draft (Copy on Peter Meyer's New Zealand Page): Draft-Newman-DateTime-01: by Chris Newman about adopting the ISO 8601 formats in Internet protocols.
  
  
• Internic Draft (Copy on Hermetic Systems Swiss Page): Draft-Newman-DateTime-01: by Chris Newman about adopting the ISO 8601 formats in Internet protocols.
  
  
• JAT Translation Topics: Guidance on using the ISO 8601 Date and Time Formats in translations, especially English <----> Japanese.
  
  
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C): Proposed Usage of the ISO 8601 Date and Time formats within Internet protocols relating to the World Wide Web. Original Version, dated 1997-09-15.
  
  
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C): Proposed Usage of the ISO 8601 Date and Time formats within Internet protocols relating to the World Wide Web. Updated version, dated: 1998-08-27.
  
  
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C): Proposed Usage of the ISO 8601 Date and Time formats within Internet protocols relating to the World Wide Web. Latest Version.
  
  
• SGML Information: with specific information relating to the ISO 8601 standard. Hosted by Victoria University of Wellington.
  
  
• ISO Home Page: Order a paper copy of the ISO standard. Sorry, ISO don't allow you to download or even browse the document online. However, see the summaries above for the information you require. [Latest: Adobe Acrobat File now available. See links further on down this page].
  
  
• Year 2000 in Astronomy Software: The IAU (International Astronomical Union) announcement requiring that all FITS astronomy software is to become ISO 8601 compliant by 1999-12-31.
  
  
• ISO 8601 Information: Information on the ISO 8601 standard. Compiled by Jukka Korpela in Finland.
  
  
• Atex Corporation: Policy Statement, and Date Interchange Format Specification of Atex Corporation, a large US company that has adopted the ISO 8601 (ANSI X3.30) date standard as its default corporate format.
  
  
• Gary Houston: File about the ISO 8601 Date and Time Standard, written in 1993 by Gary Houston.
  
  
• Cinderella Y2K Project: A South African led initiative in solving the Year 2000 Problem. This site includes information on the ISO 8601 standard, with links to many other related sites.
  
  
• ISO 8601 Summary: Another Summary of the ISO 8601 Date and Time Standard.
  
  
• German Page: with some information relating to the ISO 8601 standard, by Professor Doctor Gerhardt Knowlmayer. The text is all in the German language. <<Sprechen Sie ein bischen Deutsche?>>
  
  
• Swiss Year 2000 Page: Part of the ISO 8601 Initiative for Year 2000 by Professor Doctor Gerhardt Knowlmayer.
  
  
• Swiss Year 2000 Page (German Language).
  
  
• Swiss ISO 8601 Page (German Language).
  
  
• Spanish Page: with some information relating to the ISO 8601 standard. The text is all in the Spanish language.
  
  
• State of Texas: Implementation of the ISO 8601 (ANSI X3.30 / NIST FIPS 4-1) Date Standard in the State of Texas, in the US.
  
  
• State of Alaska: Information on ISO 8601 for the State of Alaska Year 2000 Programme.
  
  
• NIST: Link to the US Standards Body, NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology). Document FIPS 4-1 relates to the adoption of the ISO 8601 (ANSI X3.30) Date Standard within the US (FIPS = Federal Information Processing Standards). Site also contains links to information on many other standards.
  
  
• ISO 8601 Team Area at Alta Vista: Secure Computing Centre: Restricted Access Site.
  
  
• Date Standards: Date Standards in Programming - including ISO 8601.
  
  
• Date Manipulation: Date Manipulation in Computer Programming.
  
  
• CSC and ISO 8601: The Computer Sciences Corporation and the ISO 8601 Date Standard.
  
  
• The Official ISO 8601 Document released from the International Organisation for Standardisation. The file is in Adobe Acrobat Format (.PDF) and about 1.2 MB in size.
  
  
• The Official ISO 8601 Document: released from the International Organisation for Standardisation. The file is in Adobe Acrobat Format (.PDF) and about 1.2 MB in size. This copy is held on the QSL.NET site.
  
  
• Revised Draft of the ISO 8601 Standard: A copy of the revised draft of ISO 8601. This document is in Adobe Acrobat format. It is about 100 KB in size.
  
  
• Revised Draft of the ISO 8601 Standard: A copy of the revised draft of ISO 8601. This document is in Adobe Acrobat format. It is about 100 KB in size. This copy is held on the QSL.NET site.

• New Scientist: Article about the Year 2000 Problem as it affects IBM-compatible PC Hardware, and the simple (free!) cures to avoid the problems described. See also New Scientist magazine (UK), 1997-Nov-08, Page 59, for a paper version.
  
  
• NS +: Alternative site (New Scientist Plus) for in-depth background to New Scientist magazine (UK) articles.
  
  
• New Scientist: Article about the Year 2000 Problem as it affects IBM-compatible PC Hardware, and the simple (free!) cures to avoid the problems described. This copy is held on the QSL.NET site. See also New Scientist magazine (UK), 1997-Nov-08, Page 59, for a paper version.
  
  
• New Scientist: Article about the the Use of International Standards relevant to various aspects of computer usage and in programming.
  
  
• New Scientist: Article about the the Use of International Standards relevant to various aspects of computer usage and in programming. This copy is held on the QSL.NET site.
  
  
• RighTime Co: Year 2000 Software for IBM PCs including the ISO 8601 compliant diagnostic VIEWCMOS.EXE and the TSR 2000-RTC-fix YEAR2000.COM * * Highly Recommended * *
  
  
• NSTL's YMARK2000: Diagnostic Test Software for IBM PCs (2000.EXE).
  
  
• IBM's Year 2000 Book: Everything you need to know (various download options). At present, the download option does not work, but the document can still be browsed. * * Highly Recommended * *
  
  
• IBM's Year 2000 Book: [Alt] Currently, this site has a later version of the IBM book than the link above.
  
  
• IBM's Year 2000 Book: [Alt] [FTP] Another site with IBM's Year 2000 Book for download.
  
  
• DOSCHK: Year 2000 Diagnostic Software for IBM PCs (Requires Colour). Dates now conform to ISO 8601 standard in versions released 1998-Apr-20 onwards. * * Recommended * *
  
  
• AMIBIOS Year 2000 BIOS Upgrades: [N/A] Some AMIBIOS versions are not Year 2000 Compliant. Find out more about this, direct from the AMI Web Site.
  
  
• Dallas Semiconductor: Link to the Technical Bulletin from Dallas Semiconductor about the Year 2000 problems with the Real Time Clock (RTC) Chip used in IBM PCs. This bulletin also gives details about a replacement 'Year 2000 Compliant' RTC Chip. Note: A new BIOS chip is needed in order to be able to use the enhanced functions of the new RTC chip.

• IBM Software
  
  
• IBM Software - Year 2000
  
  
• IBM Software - Year 2000 Resource
  
  
• IBM Main Site
  
  
• IBM Main Site - Year 2000
  
  
• IBM PC (USA) Support
  
  
• IBM PC (USA) Home Page
  
  
• Hewlett Packard
  
  
• Compaq
  
  
• Compaq Year 2000
  
  
• Compaq Support
  
  
• Adobe [Moved]
  
  
• Adobe [Main Site]
  
  
• Apple
  
  
• Banyan
  
  
• Borland [Moved]
  
  
• Borland [New Site]
  
  
• Claris [N/A]
  
  
• Claris
  
  
• Corel
  
  
• Informix
  
  
• Intuit
  
  
• Lotus [N/A]
  
  
• Lotus
  
  
• Micrografix
  
  
• Oracle
  
  
• Pegasus
  
  
• Sun
  
  
• Sybase
  
  
• Symantec
  
  
• Acer
  
  
• Gateway 2000 [N/A]
  
  
• Dell
  
  
• Packard-Bell
  
  
• Siemens
  
  
• Microsoft
  
  
• Microsoft Year 2000 FAQ [N/A] Microsoft keep moving the files around on their site. The above link no longer works. The document may be at another (unknown) address or may no longer exist. Ask Bill! I haven't got a clue.
  
  
• Acorn
  
  
• Novell
  
  
• Novell [Q&A]
  
  
• Linux
  
  
• Sage
  
  
• Sage [Year 2000]
  
  
• DataEase: Year 2000 Compliance Information.
  
  
• Year 2000 Downloads: Links to various Year 2000 Patches, Updates and Fixes from a variety of software manufacturers.
  
  
• Manufacturers Statements: [N/A]
  
  
• Manufacturers Statements: Information from and about various manufacturers and the 2000-worthiness (or not) of their various products.
  
  
• Comp Info.
  
  You will quickly find from the links above that some companies offer plenty of free advice to owners of their machines, while others do not.

User Groups provide a forum for people to help each other fix problems associated with the Year 2000. Many provide local regular meetings. Check below for a User Group in your area.

Europe

Well? Are there any?

America

• USA, Georgia, Atlanta [N/A]
  
  
• USA, Georgia, Atlanta [Alt]
  
  
• USA, Missouri, Kansas City
  
  
• USA, California, San Francisco
  
  
• USA, Delaware Valley [N/A]
  
  
• USA, Delaware Valley (:80) [N/A]
  
  
• USA, DC, Washington
  
  
• USA, DC, Washington [Alt]
  
  
• USA, Oregon, Portland
  
  
• USA, Utah
  
  
• USA, Florida, Tampa Bay
  
  
• USA, Texas, Dallas - Fort Worth [N/A]
  
  
• USA, Nebraska
  
  

  Thanks to the book 'Year 2000 Solutions for Dummies' for the hints on most of the above listed user-groups.

• Year 2000 Inc: The Year 2000 Home-Page by Peter de Jager.
  
  
• Year 2000 FAQ Page: Various Questions and Answers on Year 2000 Issues.
  
  
• Year 2000 Web Links: (Belgium and Beyond)
  
  
• British Year 2000 Page: (Centre for Software Maintenance at the University of Durham)
  
  
• Computer Software and Services Association: (CSSA) Year 2000 Page (UK)
  
  
• A Computer Consultancy: (UK based) Elmbronze Ltd.
  
  
• Institution of Electrical Engineers: (IEE) Year 2000 Page (UK).
  
  
• British Standards Institution: (BSI) 'Year 2000 Conformity' Document'.
  
  
• Software Technology Support Centre: [N/A: Moved] (STSC) of the United States Air Force (USAF) Year 2000 Page.
  
  
• Software Technology Support Centre: [New Site] (STSC) of the United States Air Force (USAF) Year 2000 Page.
  
  
• Software Testing: On-Line Resource List (US).
  
  
• Halberstam Elias and CSSA: Year 2000 Questionnaire and Y2K Database (UK).
  
  
• University of Texas: Year 2000 Compliance Information.
  
  
• Texas Tech University: Year 2000 Page.
  
  
• University of Connecticut Computer Centre: Year 2000: Document about the usage of the ISO 8601 Date Standard in solving Year 2000 Problems
  
  
• State University of New York at Buffalo: Year 2000 Computing and Information Technology: Usage of the ISO 8601 Date Standard in solving the Year 2000 Problem
  
  
• iCommerce: Year 2000 Criteria: Date Problems and Formats. Recommends adoption of the ISO 8601 Date Format
  
  
• Web Objects: Date Standards for the Year 2000 - recommends ISO 8601
  
  
• Standards for Internationalisation: A paper that recommends adoption of the ISO 8601 Date Standard in order to remove date format ambiguity
  
  
• National Physical Laboratory: NPL run the UK Atomic Time Clocks. They also recommend adoption of the ISO 8601 Date Standard
  
  
• UN ECE Recommendations: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Recommendations: Use the ISO 8601 Date Format
  
  
• UN ECE Recommendations: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Recommendations: Index Page
  
  
• UN ECE Recommendations: Codes List
  
  
• UN ECE Recommendations: List of standards
  
  
• What is the ISO Date Format: Information about the ISO 8601 Date Standard
  
  
• Biz Inf: Standards useful for Business: ISO 8601
  
  
• West Virginia University: (?) Standards Information
  
  
• What to do About Microsoft and the Year 2000? Information About the Year 2000 and Standards such as ISO 8601
  
  
• Swedish Ordinance - SFS1997:30. A Swedish Ordinance Concerning the Year 2000
  
  
• Calendar Confusion and the Year 2000: The Logical Choice of Calendar Date Format
  
  
• Standards and Reference: Reference List of Useful Standards
  
  
• Cosmos Products: Year 2000 Compliance and the ISO 8601 Date Standard
  
  
• Cosmos Products: Year 2000 Support.
  
  
• Pretoria Software Solutions (Pty) Ltd: Year 2000 and ISO 8601 Compliance Information.
  
  
• Twenty-First Aid: Understanding the ISO 8601 Date Standard.
  
  
• Tipster Annotation: Computer Research Laboratory at New Mexico State University: Tipster Annotation: ISO 8601 Date/Time Encoding.
  
  
• ISO 8601 and the 'C' Programming Language.
  
  
• Discussion of ISO 8601.
  
  
• Year 2000 Problems.
  
  
• ISO 8601 Notes.
  
  
• Program Code for HTML.
  
  
• MITRE Corporation: (US) Year 2000 Home Page.
  
  
• General Services Administration: (GSA) Year 2000 Page (US Government).
  
  
• General Services Administration [Alt] (GSA) Year 2000 Page (US Government).
  
  
• National (USA) Bulletin Board: for the Year 2000 Home Page.
  
  
• Project 21st Century: Home Page.
  
  
• Public Sector: (UK) Year 2000 Information.
  
  
• The Open Group: Unix Year 2000 Compliance.
  
  
• Information Technology Association of America: (ITAA) Year 2000 Information.
  
  
• Questicon: [N/A] (US) Year 2000 Check List.

• NRAO Year 2000 Information for Astronomy: Hosted by NRAO (US).
  
  
• UK Government Year 2000 Information: The UK government's Year 2000 page set up in order to alert everyone to the impending chaos.
  
  
• Bug 2000: More UK action in beating the Year 2000 Problem.
  
  
• TCSE: IEEE Computer Society: Technical Council of Software Engineering - Year 2000 Page.
  
  
• SBHS: Small Business Help Shop (Australia).
  
  
• NIST: Year 2000 Pages for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (US).
  
  
• Survive 2000: Survive 2000: Test Software, and lots of links to more.
  
  
• Date-A-Fix: Year 2000 Software for sale here. (See above links for free software from other vendors).
  
  
• Schoolhouse Computers: Year 2000 Test Program. Year 2000 fixes available for sale here. (See above links for free programs that do the same job).
  
  
• Prove It 2000.
  
  
• TCS [N/A]
  
  
• NTG [N/A]
  
  
• Y2K Links: Lots of links to yet more Year 2000 Information.
  
  
• PC Check [N/A]
  
  
• PC Check: DateSpy program, and lots of links to other Year 2000 sites.
  
  
• Y2K UK: Open Integration PLC (UK). Seminars, Information, Software for the Year 2000 Problem.
  
  
• Y2K Tools [N/A]
  
  
• Y2K Solutions: A Computer Consultancy.
  
  
• British Computer Society: Some background information on the Year 2000 Problem. Lots of links to other Y2K sites.
  
  
• Strategis [N/A]
  
  
• MST 2000.
  
  
• Advanced System Technologies Ltd : [N/A: Moved]
  
  
• Advanced System Technologies Ltd (UK based). [New Site]
  
  
• ADV Comm: A Pakistan-based computer consultancy to fix your Year 2000 Problems.
  
  
• Year2000: [N/A] PRAFF: A program to fix the Year 2000 Problems in your Source Code.
  
  
• Year 2000 Org: This domain name is for sale!
  
  
• Greenwich 2000: Some Year 2000 information for computers.
  
  
• GMT 2000: Greenwich Mean Time: 'Check 2000 PC' diagnostics.
  
  
• PC BIOS Tester:
  
  
• PC BIOS Tester: ViaSoft offer a program to test the PC BIOS for Year 2000 Compliance. Don't forget to try the free programs from RighTime and Saphena that do much the same job (see above).
  
  
• IT Wiseguys: IT Wiseguys offer the Viperscan program to search through data files and correct any data entries that may cause problems after the end of 1999. Searches for, and replaces, a wide variety of date formats. Download a trial version (time-limited) here.
  
  
• Iconic: Yet another Year 2000 Test Program to try out.
  
  
• Year 2000 Survey: Robert Hilliard's Year 2000 PC and PC BIOS Page. Lots of information on PC testing and on PC BIOS versions etc.
  
  
• Computer Advice: Information on many Year 2000 and other factors, especially those that are related to the Windows NT operating system.
  
  
• Y2000 Fix: Year 2000 Consultants, and a few test programs.
  
  
• Microfocus: Microfocus: Some Year 2000 Information.
  
  
• Yr 2000: Order the 6-volume set, Year 2000 Book, from the UK Government here.
  
  
• State of Washington: (US) Department of Information Services. Year 2000 Page. Lots of links and information. * * A very good site * *
  
  
• Year 2000 Cinderella Project - Links: Links to very many other Year 2000 related Web Pages. Very comprehensive!
  
  
• Practising Law Institute: Advice on Legal Aspects.
  
  
• Practising Law Institute: Specific Year 2000 Information.
  
  
• Financial and Legal Aspects of Year 2000.
  
  
• Software Productivity Research.
  
  
• ComLinks: Legal and Political issues surrounding Year 2000 Problem.
  
  
• Gartner Group.
  
  
• ComputerWorld.
  
  
• Time Zone Information [FTP]
  
  
• Year 2000 Paper: by Dr. Mike Smith at University of Calgary, Canada.
  
  
• ICA Year 2000 Report: Year 2000 Report for the Australian Government.
  
  
• Federation of Electronic Industries: UK Federation - Includes some Year 2000 information.
  
  
• Year 2000 Information: Y2K Page by Dr. John Stockton (UK).
  
  
• Year 2000 Test Files: [ZIP Download] Year 2000 Test Files, by Dr. John Stockton (UK), for looking at date-based corruption in directory listings. Especially useful in looking at the bugs in the File Manager of version 3.1 and 3.11 of Microsoft Windows.
  
  
• Spreadsheet Problems: Details of Year 2000 Problems in Spreadsheet programs. Sets of Test Data to check out your own programs for Year 2000 Problems.
  
  
• BMR Software: Year 2000 fixes for Source Code.
  
  
• Year 2000 Test: [N/A] Dutch site for Year 2000 testing and fixes.
  
  
• Year 2000 Support Centre: Yet more on the Year 2000 Problem.
  
  
• Computer Experts: Information from another UK-based 'Year 2000' company.
  
  
• TecFacs: Get the Technical Facts to a range of computer related issues.
  
  
• Taskforce 2000: UK based agency designed to spread awareness of the Year 2000 Problem. Get the low-down here.
  
  
• National Computing Centre (NCC): The UK NCC site with information on the Year 2000 problem.
  
  
• International Telecommunications Union: The ITU site for Y2K information.
  
  
• United Nations: The UN site for Y2K information.
  
  
• The Cassandra Project: Doom and Gloom about the effects of the Year 2000 Problem.
  
  
• Year 2000 Screen-savers: After all the serious stuff, download a Year 2000 screen-saver. Don't look at the count-down clock, you might worry about how little time there is left to fix the problems.

Fire up your newsgroup program and take a look at the following newsgroups:

• news://uk.tech.y2k
  
  
• news://comp.software.year2000
  
  
• news://alt.talk.year2000
  
  
• news://gov.topic.info.systems.year2000
  
  
• news://git.year2000
  
  
• If you are on Compuserve, try 'GO Year2000'.

• FTP Search: [Site 1] Search for Files on FTP Servers World-wide by File-Name.
  
  
• FTP Search: [Site 2] Search for Files on FTP Servers World-wide by File-Name.
  
  
• Search Using Webcrawler: for more Year 2000 (Y2K) and ISO 8601 links, files, programs, and documents.
  
  
• Search Using Excite: There are many more sites and documents that can be accessed by using the Keywords Y2K, Year 2000, and ISO 8601 here.
  
  
• Yahoo!: Search Yahoo! for yet more!
  
  
• NLSearch

• Mirror Site: for these Year 2000 and ISO 8601 Files and Links. Currently contains a slightly older version of just this page.
  
  
• Mirror Site: for some of these Year 2000 and ISO 8601 Files and Links. Only contains a very few links and is not regularly updated.

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