Re: [Announcement] ontopofIT News & Views Site Goes Live

Posted in 1998

Art S. Kagel — Wed, 19 Aug 1998 15:52:54 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Mark D. Stock wrote: > > ontopofit@my-dejanews.com wrote: [SNIP] > > known as the "millenium bug". > > So why is it called the "millennium bug", when most problems are > anticipated to occur exactly one year BEFORE the new millennium starts? > I.e. 01/01/2000. It's not strictly a Y2K bug either since it does not occur in 2048, though UNIX dates run out in Jan 2038. ;-) Art S. Kagel