Category: Y2K

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]