MicroCosm® Year 2000 Readiness
MicroCosm® Software Version 2005.00 has been successfully tested to function correctly through the year 2024. The testing which has been performed insures that MicroCosm® will appropriately account for Year 2000 as a leap year. Two-digit representation of the year will be maintained in Version 2005.00, with values of 57-99 considered in the 20th century and values of 00-56 considered in the 21st century. Version 2005.00 has been tested for both trajectory generation and data processing spanning the period from 1972 through 2024. Due to internal measurement of time as 32-bit integer seconds since 1957, Version 2005.00 will not process data or generate ephemeris for dates beyond year 2024. Additional modifications and tests of the MicroCosm Software are scheduled. These further modifications will make the software fully functional through the year 2200 and are scheduled for release in a later version. Four-digit year representation will be incorporated into this later version as required. It will model leap years and dates from 1941 through year 6000. The year 2200 limitation is imposed by the availability of precise JPL Lunar and Planetary Ephemeris only through year 2200. Back to MicroCosm®
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