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Default Harbor Freight Reviews (Y2K computer code)

Stormin Mormon wrote:
As I remember, the major concern was subtracting dates. For example,
if an item was purchased in 1999, and returned to the store in 2000.
Lets see..... 99 minus 00.

Were there other things that were going to fail?



Yeah, most everything.

But the IT types started working on the problem as much as ten years in
advance as many things that happen now culminate many years in the futu
mortgages, time deposits, warranties, etc.

Some things that start now, end up a week or two hence: pay periods, for
example.