Feb 29 Error for On Line Brokerage

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From a post on www.kitco.com:

Date: Mon Feb 28 2000 11:23 Chrisophilos (Oh, this is going to be good) ID#289200: entered a limit order with my on-line broker, with a "good until" date of 02/29...it defaulted to an error screen, "invalid date entered...please re-enter valid date"...these boyz have a lot of work to do before midnight.

Nickel to hit $12,000 a tonne within a month...broker.

-- Bill P (porterwn@one.net), February 28, 2000

Answers

ooops. wonder which broker this was; and wonder how they'll process transactions tommorrow for the "real" March 1; and whether others are affected likewsie, etc.

-- Squirrel Hunter (nuts@upina.cellrelaytower), February 28, 2000.

Thanks for the post Bill.

-- Dee (T1Colt556@aol.com), February 28, 2000.

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