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Technology Stocks : Y2K damage reports
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To: Gersh Avery who wrote ()12/29/1999 9:03:00 AM
From: Cruiser  Read Replies (2) of 286
 
Can someone give a plausible technical explanation why valve controllers and other embedded devices have any use for the year in controlling the device?

If the embedded device does not have a user interface how does one set the date in the first place? Do these devices have NVRAM to store the date during reset and power failures? If they were trying to save space in programming would the programmers have bothered implementing the leap year algorithm?

I recognize that some software apps will have trouble with date comparisons, but how did this get translated in cars,planes,power plants, thermostats, etc being affected?

one easy way to tell if you should "shut down the Spa" or disable the thermostat etc would be to ask yourself, "Have I ever needed to set the date in those devices?" if not, there is no issue.

Cruiser
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