[AccessD] 2010 Bug hits Germany

WAG: Many systems use 2 digit years.  in 1999 programmers reprogrammed year
checking so that any two digit year beginning with zero was assumed to be in
the 21st century.  And non-zero assumed to be in the 20th century.  This
solved the problem for ten years.

R

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max Wanadoo
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 12:33 PM
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Subject: [AccessD] 2010 Bug hits Germany

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34706092/ns/technology_and_science-security/

Why would this happen?

Max


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