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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1998
David Eugene Lee, Livermore, CA (US);
Greg Alan Dyck, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
William Augustus Carter, Georgetown, KY (US);
Brian Barry Moore, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Leslie Charles Balfour, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
John David Rotramel, Lexington, KY (US);
Gary V. Railsback, Lexington, KY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
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.