Some of you may remember the Y2K problem , where the world expected airplanes to fall from the sky as soon as we reached the year 2000, primarily because many software applications at that time typically just used the final two digits of each year to store calendar year data, which meant that the year 2000 was indistinguishable from the year 1900. Fortunately, we were able to avoid the 2K problem, thanks to the tireless efforts of many software vendors and engineers. Now, we are a few years aw
