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Originally Posted by Edward64
FWIW I remember being nervous flying on Dec 30, 1999. I contributed to Y2K with my shitty COBOL code (especially handling leap years)
I am surprised (but grateful) there wasn’t any big incidents with airlines when the clock flipped
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I never understood the Y2K issue. I remember assuring people it would be a big nothing-burger - that all the code that stored year as two digits didn't amount to that much. Every bank had years to work it out, so the most we could expect is possibly an automated bill from somewhere that didn't make sense and could easily be resolved.
I told people it was code when the UNIX-based time structure (long since replaced at this point) wraps around sometime on January 19, 2038 that we had to worry about, and by then, it won't be much of an issue, either.
The non-leap year in 2100, however... that will screw people up.