On 26/4/21 7:56 pm, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
Rember this? Y2K Bug Cover-up in WA Registry of Births Deaths ...
There was a Y2020 bug as well, from the quick fix for Y2K.
This fix assumed 00 to 20 were the years 2000 to 2020, while 21 to 99
were 1921 to 1999. That put the need for a permanent fix off for 20
years, which surely would be plenty of time for software to be replaced?
Apparently not:
"A lazy fix 20 years ago means the Y2K bug is taking down computers
now", New Scientist, 7 January 2020
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2229238-a-lazy-fix-20-years-ago-means-the-y2k-bug-is-taking-down-computers-now/
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