Y2K Solutions
Title: Y2K Solutions
Category: /Science & Technology
Details: Words: 964 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Y2K Solutions
Category: /Science & Technology
Details: Words: 964 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
In order to explain how to solve the millennium bug, it is a good idea to be informed about exactly what the year 2000 problem is. Computers were programmed to store the date in the following format: dd/mm/yy. This only allows 2 digits for the year. January 1, 2000 will be stored as 01/01/00. The computer will interpret this as January 1, 1900 and not 2000. The '19' is hard-coded into computer hardware and software. There are only 2 physical spaces
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Peter. You've got to be kidding!
http://www.year2000.com/archive/kidding.html January 10,1997
Martin, Robert A. Dealing with Dates: Solutions for the Year 2000. http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/crosstalk/1997/oct/dates.html October 1997
IBM. The Year 2000 & 2-digit dates: a guide for planning and
Implementation.
http://www.s390.ibm.com/stories/year2000/downloads/y2kpaper.txt February 1998
OMSI Millennium Bug Project: Isn't it easy to fix?
http://www.amz.com/omsi/ez_fix.html