Millenium Bug set to byte deep

A crisis is brewing in the software industry worldwide.

The impact of 2000 - alternately known as Y2K - will affect the entire information technology sector, with the alarm being set for January 1, 2000.

The use of two digits to represent dates is still common practice within hardware and software systems.

Any arithmetic operation will yield incorrect results when working with years beyond the range of 1900-1999 because the year 2000 is indistinguishable from 1900.

This two-digit-year problem is a proverbial time-bomb which will have a serious impact on all activities which require the use of computers.

If action is not taken by computer companies to address this issue, major system malfunctions cannot be avoided.