I know this isn't any kind of surprise, and yet, well...
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Nah.
Same thing happened in 2000 and it was a mouse’s fart.
Because of months of preparation. I know, I was doing it.
And now that every time library has been updated, we're safe until our grandchildren reimplement those bugs in a language that has not yet been invented.
I've already seen reimplementation of 2 digit dates here and there.
LOL fuck those guys.
Fortunately I will not be involved. Hopefully I can make something from 2038 though.
You’re not the only one forseeing a nice consultant payday there.
I went to uni in the mid 90s when Y2K prep was all the rage, went back to do another degree 20 years later. It was interesting to see the graffiti in the CS toilets. Two digits up to about 1996, four digits for a decade, then back to two.