Year 2000 Conformity
According to the document PD2000-1:1998, which was published by the British Standards Institution (BSI), "year 2000 conformity shall mean that neither performance nor functionality is affected by dates prior to, during, and after the year 2000."
In particular, this means that the following rules are adhered to:
General Integrity: No value for current date will cause any interruption in operation.
Data Integrity: Date-based functionality must behave consistently for dates before, during, and after year 2000.
Explicit/Implicit Indication of the Century: In all interfaces and data storage, the century in any date must be specified either explicitly or by unambiguous algorithms or inferencing rules.
Leap Year: Contrary to the year 1900, the year 2000 must be recognized as a leap year. (According to the Gregorian Calendar, the year 1900 was not a leap year.)
Chromeleon 4.20 and higher fulfill the BSI rules mentioned above. The Dionex hardware fulfills the BSI rules in the same way. Two instruments of the previous generation that are no longer available (M480 pump and GINA 160 Autosampler) display the year 2000 as 1900. This, however, does not affect the functionality.
Please do not hesitate to contact Dionex Service for the corresponding Year 2000 Certificate.