Clock problems at the Eiffel Tower aren't fixed before midnight, but a computer-controlled fireworks display works fine. Lights stay on. In Washington, the Pentagon says all its systems have rolled over properly but admits a non-Y2K communications problem earlier in the day. The glitch, in the Middle East, was fixed. The virus-watching Computer Emergency Response Team reports that instead of a barrage of new Y2K viruses, only two new viruses have been detected and there's no evidence of an epidemic.
Lights stay on.
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