Identifying date fields for runtime year 2000 system solution process, method and article of manufacture
US6240546A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 24, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 29, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 24, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99942
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and article for solving the year 2000 problem involve processing a computer object program to identify object code instructions referencing date information for an operation which involves more than one century. The object code is altered by altering each identified instruction with an instruction to effect a transfer of control to a Year 2000 routine. The Year 2000 routine is a routine for altering the execution of an identified instruction in accordance with the Year 2000 routine and thereafter returning control to the object code.
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