Workarounds don't even require a change in the program or perhaps a minute change and fix a problem until a more permanent fix can be applied. Now when you print the checks, hard code a change of date so the correct date will print out. One thing true about the year 2000 will be that there will be lots of work for programmers. This is good news because there are lots of programmers who do not have a job right now. And that there may be some midnight oil being burned the last six months of this year.
Hysteria can start for no reason.