Computer bugs in the year 2000
das at ucla-cs.UUCP
das at ucla-cs.UUCP
Thu Jan 24 10:41:43 AEST 1985
>From what I've read, many programs broke at the start of 1970 because they
stored the year as a single digit; fewer, but still a good number, broke in
1980. I think the real trouble will come on January 3, 2000, not January 1,
since the 3rd is the first business day. I think the problems will come
in subtle ways -- most companies will catch the obvious implications of a
two-digit year cycling around, but buried away in some obscure code...
-- David Smallberg, das at ucla-cs.ARPA, {ihnp4,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!das
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