METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSING AND CORRECTING THE MILLENIUM BUG

摘要

The present invention relates to a method of modifying a computer, the method comprising the step of replacing one or more specified code portions in said computer file with a modified code portion without requiring recompiling of the computer file. The invention also relates to a method for correcting the millennium bug in a computer file, the method comprising the step of modifying one or more short date formats in the computer file to have long date formats without altering the functioning of the computer file. The inventive method can also include the steps of: detecting one or more date formats in the computer having the millennium defect. The invention also relates to an apparatus for correcting the millennium bug in a computer which uses the previous described method.