While the rest of the world prepared to celebrate the Millennial year 2000, programmers quickly identified a problem with the ...

Suppose a customer last ordered in 1995 and the current year were 1996. Add 5 to 95 in a non-Y2K compliant system and the result was 00, not 2000. Since 96 was greater than 00, the customer record ...

Behind the scenes, however, companies had spent millions and programmers had worked for years to make systems Y2K-compliant. “The Y2K crisis didn’t happen precisely because people started ...

In Washington, D.C., precautionary measures were taken, but ultimately, no significant problems occurred, leading to debates about the necessity of Y2K compliance efforts. WASHINGTON - Twenty-five ...

Across the 80-acre City Park zoo, zebras will be tucked away in their paddocks, wolves will be counting sheep in their sleep and giraffes will be nestled in their barn. Ulaq and Berit will be sleeping ...

For example, March 30 + 5 yields April 4. Date math was the crux of the Y2K problem. In Y2K compliant systems, calculating dates with the full four-digit year yielded the correct results.

In November 1999, the federal government put a $100 billion price tag on Y2K compliance. Beyond that, District Court officials limited activity for the first two weekdays of 2000, including ...

By Jim Hughes Denver Post Staff Writer. Feb. 17 - If members of a state commission charged with assessing Colorado's Y2K preparedness are right, the ...

Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything (Essays on the Future That Never Was), by Colette Shade Now that cultural and political analysts have thoroughly dry-pulped the 1990s, it is time to consider ...

Some clear trends have emerged in the industry over the past two quarters. We have seen Y2K compliance revenue peak in the third quarter, and subsequently drop off much faster than anticipated ...

The call centre industry has received a warning that it needs to be better prepared than simply ensuring its software is compliant for the fallout of the Year 2000 problem. Speaking at the ...