XyNexT & Y2K Compliance

Contents of this page

Introduction
UNIX Servers (General Info)
UNIX Server
NT Servers

Introduction

For information explaining the background of the Year 2000 issue, we recommend that you visit a frequently-asked questions page on the Microsoft site.

Most of the servers owned by XyNexT have the UNIX operating system.  The remainder of our servers have the Windows NT operating system.   Please review the categorized information below for links to relevant compliance information. 

Your site is located on an UNIX machine unless you have specifically asked for NT.

UNIX Servers (General Info)

The UNIX operating system uses a different date-keeping method than that used by those computers affected by the two-digit date issue.  The UNIX operating system counts the number of seconds since the UNIX epoch in order to determine dates (the UNIX epoch was on midnight, January 1, 1970).  

All custom scripts that XyNexT has developed gather any "date" information in UNIX format, therefore Y2K is not any issue for any of our scripts.

UNIX Servers

NT Servers