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To: C210N
But shouldn’t we be preparing now for Y3K?

No, but there is the Year 2038 problem

26 posted on 06/16/2017 9:07:39 AM PDT by jpsb (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. Otto von Bismark)
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To: jpsb

I still live with the y2k bug.

I have some programs that I no longer have the source code to.

So to run them I have to set my p.c. clock back to 1999 and xeq them. They run fine after they start with the clock in 2017.

btw


27 posted on 06/16/2017 9:10:19 AM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: jpsb

And if programmers go back to lazy 2 digit years the next problem will be 2100. Because of the catchy name people think the problem was the 1 turning to a 2, it wasn’t, it was the 9 turning to a 0, and 0 turning to 1 can do the same thing if the coders of the mid century aren’t smart.


31 posted on 06/16/2017 9:19:42 AM PDT by discostu (You are what you is, and that's all it is, you ain't what you're not, so see what you got.)
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To: jpsb; C210N
RE: No, but there is the Year 2038 problem

For those who want to know...




34 posted on 06/16/2017 9:40:54 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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