A collection of technical resources, news and opinions. Test your system for Y2K compliance. The blame can be placed on the computer industry, but that doesn't mean it's entirely the industry's problem.
Date representation is a global problem even without computers.
Too bad programmers didn't have the foresight to use this standard, which is inherently sort-friendly and which would have prevented the Y2K problem. Microsoft claims that Windows NT will handle the Y2K crossover without difficulties and also that its products are Y2K-compliant. Even within this one company, there seems to be no standard. For the majority of PC users, having the right system date is helpful but not essential. Sure, we might not be able to tell which version of a Word document is the most recent, and Quicken might not print our checks the day we need them.