Memo of the Month
Memo of the Month Ohio Department of Administrative Services DIVISION OF COMPUTER SERVICES 30 EAST BROAD STREET COLUMBUS, OHIO 43266-0409 GEORGE V. VOINOVICH, GOVERNOR TO: All Agency...
...LEAP YEAR CALCULATIONS: All calculations must contain the following logic: A Leap Year is determined if the 4-digit year can be divided by 4, The year can be divided by 100, then it is not a Leap Year, UNLESS The year can be divided by 400, then it is a Leap Year, UNLESS The year can be divided by 4,000, then it is not a Leap Year, UNLESS The Year is 200 or 600 years after a year that is divisible by 900, then it is UNLESS a Leap Year...
...All state agencies need to adhere to this standard in order to become Year 2000 compliant, not only for themselves, but also for other state agencies with whom they shardexchange data...
...compliance for all interfaces is immediate...
...These common formats will eliminate any alnbiguity between state agency applications...
...Memo of the Month Ohio Department of Administrative Services DIVISION OF COMPUTER SERVICES 30 EAST BROAD STREET COLUMBUS, OHIO 43266-0409 GEORGE V. VOINOVICH, GOVERNOR TO: All Agency Directors Data Processing Managers Fiscal Officers Telecommunications Coordinators FROM: Peter J. McGeoch, Assistant Director SUBJECT: THE YEAR 2000 - INTRA AGENCY INFORMATION INTERCHANGE OF DATE FORMATS AND LEAP YEAR CALCULATIONS PURPOSE: The purpose of this standard is to establish a common format for the electronic interchange of date and time data between state agencies...
...REFERENCE: This is the second in a suite of policies/standards to be issued related to the Year 2000...
...Note: The effective date of January 1, 1998 is for existing interfaces only...
Vol. 29 • November 1997 • No. 11
