Re: RadDecay software

["ERIC GOLDIN"<goldinem@songs.sce.com>]

     Okay, so I'm just now wading thru the latest Radsafe Digest.  Ben 
     Morgan correctly noted that Microskyshine and RadDecay won't run 
     correctly if the computer is set to 1/1/2000.  Neither will 
     Microshield.  I'd guess (don't have the source code to examine) 
     that the code goes out to the computer to get a time/date for the 
     header (or footer, I don't recall) so that you know exactly when 
     you ran that particular analysis.  Apparently, the source code 
     doesn't know what to do with the year 2000.  I've tested a number 
     of other DOS based codes we still use, and all work okay.  Some, 
     where the programmer had forethought, even correctly print the 
     year as "2000", others simply as "00".  In any case, as Ben 
     pointed out, before you get into trouble, conduct some tests, and 
     for those of us in the power business, use the proper testing 
     protocol and documentation if it's quality affecting software.  
     Again, my opinion.
     
     Eric Goldin
     goldinem@songs.sce.com

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