Changing old format dates in the RIPE DB

[Joao Luis Silva Damas <]

Dear all,

we are going to start with the procedure to modify all the dates in the 
changed fields of database objects that were using only two figures for the 
year.
After the modifications, the year part of the date will contain 4 digits.
Changed fields which currently do not have a date will not be changed (*)

This is taking place according to the action points agreed on the Vienna RIPE 
meeting. The process will be carried over the next few days due to the time it 
takes to re-index some of the bigger files.

Regards,
Joao Damas
DB Group
RIPE NCC

(*) These objects will not be updatable by the user unless a date is included 
at update time  or the only changed field without a date is the last one, in 
which case the database automatically fills in the date at which the update 
takes place.