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Technology Stocks : Y2K (Year 2000) Personal Contingency Planning
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To: Bill Wexler who wrote (391)7/14/1998 12:31:00 AM
From: Jonathan Bird  Read Replies (1) of 888
 
Why didn't the system blow up...let's say 20 or 30 years ago when checks were being processed for (a much larger number) of recipients born in the 19th century?

20 or 30 years ago was when the systems were first being designed. Obviously, at that time, birth dates before 1900 were very common. The programs were made from the very beginning to work with birth dates before 1900.

The problem will be dealing with dates after 2000. For instance, the birth of a person in 1890 might be represented as 890, and the retirement date in 1955 as 955. But the date in 2000 will be 000. The computer will think that SS payments aren't due for another 955 years.

Hope that helps,

Jon Bird
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