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Y2K22: The forgotten date bug that crashed Systems

The Year 2022 problem or Y2K22 bug is a programming error that occurred during the transition from 2021 to 2022. It affects programs that process time to the nearest minute, are limited to a two-digit year, and store this time in a signed 32-bit integer. It is related to the Year 2000 and Year 2038 […]

Y2K10: The silent successor to Y2K

The year 2010 problem (also 2010 bug) refers to several software errors that occurred in various computer applications at the turn of the year 2009/2010. Y2K10: When millions of Debit Cards failed due to a date Programming Bug The most widespread public attention was caused by a programming error in various debit and credit cards, […]

Y2K38: When Unix time runs out

Unix time counts the time elapsed in seconds since January 1, 1970. The time_t data type used for this on a 32-bit Unix of the 1970s is defined as a signed 32-bit integer and has a maximum value of 2,147,483,647 or 231-1. On all compatible Unix and Unix-like systems of the following decades, the number […]

Y2K: From the origins to the resurrection of this year 2000 bug

The Y2K bug may seem a long way off, but it perfectly illustrates an ever-present danger: invisible dependence on aging systems that are only called into question when they fail. In 1999, some were saying that for large companies, it was already too late to correct their systems. The only solution left was to draw […]