What are the year 2000 (Y2K) problems we are hearing about and how do they affect POS software?
A Much of the software written before 1996 allocates only 6 digits for storing dates (MM/DD/YY). That means January 1, 2000 could be interpreted as January 1, 1900 and, as a possible instance for a problem, a POS system that encounters a credit card with an expiry date of 01/00 may reject it as expired. A year 2000 compliant system stores and displays all dates with eight digits (MM/DD/YYYY). Where space is tight on printed reports (and credit cards) a date may still appear with a two digit year, but this does not necessarily reflect the lack year 2000 compliance. Just check that all date prompts on the screen allow you to enter a four digit year. All of our software is Y2K compatible.
