I call these Dazzle Dates. Dazzle Dates will exist for 31 years from 2001 until 2031. Durring that period dates for human consumption written with two digit years will be highly confusing. Durring the Dazzle Date era, human misread and miskey rates will soar. The only solution is four digit years.
Expiration dates are of great concern.
Clearly that is January 2000. I would favor a law saying the the earliest concievable reading is the date the product must be taken off the shelf. For something as important as a product expiration date, we should settle for nothing less. Most manufacturers will find it expedient to fix their date printing hardware long before that. I know you didn't want to expand those fields on your screens and your reports.