If you think Y2K is going to be a headache,wait till Feb.30,2000!
Ratan:
Interesting article here.
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(Courtesy: The Business Standard)
February 30 bug waiting to bite; quirk in Gregorian calendar could have catastrophic consequences.
Abhijit Das in Mumbai
If you thought January 1, 2000, posed the only major problem for software programmers, try this on for size — on February 30, 2000, every product with an inbuilt electronic calendar is likely to blink out.
Go ahead, read that first paragraph again — yes, it says February 30. If you're surprised, you're not the only one, because the last time that date dawned was almost 400 years ago. On February 30, 1600, to be precise........
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