# Year 2000 checks
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-2000-checks/11657
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [December 3, 1999, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-2000-checks/11657 "1999-12-03T16:01:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)
#### Post date: [December 3, 1999, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-2000-checks/11657/1 "1999-12-03T16:01:00Z")
True mundane and pointless: Today I wrote my first check dated in 2000. (The party I wrote it to wants it postdated to the start of our classes next month.)
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### Author:  [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)
#### Post date: [December 3, 1999, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-2000-checks/11657/2 "1999-12-03T16:13:00Z")
Oh, I thought this was about how to check for 2000.
Yeah, I paid my rent for Jan 2000 yesterday! Yahoo, also paid December. Why? Shucks, why not? At least this way they get their money for sure.
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### Author:  [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)
#### Post date: [December 3, 1999, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/year-2000-checks/11657/3 "1999-12-03T16:31:00Z")
Well, to check for 2000, just buy a newspaper and check the date. 🙂