Thanks David for you message. Yes, dates are not a fundamental part of RIPE 181 and the sw was modified a while ago to work with 4 digit years AND to understand that 00 means 2000, 01 means 2001... As for the migration to RPSL, the RIPE NCC is currently working on a new whois server which supports RPSL. We plan to migrate next spring (Northern Hemisphere). If you want to find more about this, please visit our website. Regards, Joao Damas ===================================================== | Joao Luis Silva Damas http://www.ripe.net | | RIPE DB Group Manager email: joao@ripe.net | | RIPE NCC | | Amsterdam | =====================================================