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Article #364Re: Computer bugs in the year 2000
From: das
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 1985 00:41
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 1985 00:41
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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@ucla-cs.ARPA, {ihnp4,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!das
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!cepu!ucla-cs!das From: das@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.bugs,net.flame,net.puzzle Subject: Re: Computer bugs in the year 2000 Message-ID: <3363@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Wed, 23-Jan-85 19:41:43 EST Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.3363 Posted: Wed Jan 23 19:41:43 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 27-Jan-85 05:38:40 EST References: <820@reed.UUCP> <20381@arizona.UUCP> Reply-To: das@ucla-cs.UUCP (David Smallberg) Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 8