Audit Report. Year 2000 Initiatives at the Naval Air Warfare Center-Aircraft and Weapons Divisions, and the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center

Abstract

This is one of a series of reports being issued by the Inspector General, DoD, in accordance with an informal partnership with the Chief Information Officer, DoD, to monitor DoD efforts to address the year 2000 computing challenge. For a listing of audit projects addressing the issue, see the year 2000 webpage on the IGnet at <http ://www.ignet.gov>. Information technology systems have typically used two digits to represent the year, such as "98" representing 1998, to conserve electronic data storage and reduce operating costs. With the two-digit format, however, the year 2000 is indistinguishable from 1900. As a result of this ambiguity, computers and associated systems and application programs that use dates to calculate, compare, and sort could generate incorrect results when working with years after 1999.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1998
Accession Number
ADA366654

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Application Software
  • Computers
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of Defense
  • Financial Management
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Computer Programming and Software Development.
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics