I should say, in my defense, that this code will never have to deal with dates before '01, and unless something truly bizarre happens, won't even have to deal with dates after '05. I won't have problems until 2010.

I know that's exactly what millennium bug people thought, but seriously, an SQL database is coming long before it would be an issue, with proper dates. If all else fails I'll mass-rename and rewrite a couple of subs and all will be well again.

Can I use this space to ask what happens to my unfortunately-constructed numbers in the following circumstances:

1. $number = '022222'
2. $number = "022222"
3. $number = 022222
4. @numbers = READDIR(something); $number = $numbers[0] # assuming my file's called '022222'

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