The Year 2000 Date Problem stems from the fact that these programs are only capable of correctly processing dates from one century, which by default is assumed to be the 1900s. With the arrival of the year 2000, these software applications will become incapable of correctly processing dates causing malfunctions in the way the programs manipulate data as well as an innumerable number of potential headaches for the people that use them. Even casual home users will not go unaf-fected by the Year 2000 Date Problem. The bottom line is this - if you use a computer, then you will be affected by the Year 2000 Date Problem. The Year 2000 problem surfaces when dates are used in comparisons, calculations, or to control processing flow.
Dates also appear in reports, on checks, and in file transfers.