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British Standards Institution document
DISC PD2000-1

MST TRANSLATION
To avoid such problems, organisations must check and modify if neccessary, internally produced equipment and products and similarly check externally supplied equipment and products with their suppliers. The purpose of this document is to allow such checks to be made on a basis of common understanding.

Where checks are made with external suppliers, care should be taken to distinguish between claims of conformity and the ability to demonstrate conformity.


YOU MUST CHECK ALL THE COMPUTER SYSTEMS THAT AFFECT YOUR ORGANISATION

Rule 1
  • 1.1 This rule is sometimes known as general integrity.
  • 1.2 If this requirement is satisfied, roll-over between all significant time demarcations (e.g. days, months, years, centuries) will be performed correctly.
  • 1.3 Current date means today's date as known to the equipment or product.
RULE 1: ALL YOUR COMPUTERS MUST HANDLE ANY TIME PERIOD CORRECTLY
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