The Y2K countdown sign on the Eiffel Tower in Paris goes blank, probably because of wind damage earlier in the week. Lights stay on. Internet and telecom providers report no significant problems in New Zealand, Australia, China or southeast Asia. Britain's Railtrack reports its Web site was hacked and hoax warnings were posted on it. The lights stay on.
Lights stay on.
Japanese press reports that monitoring systems at two nuclear power plants malfunctioned shortly after zero hour, failing to send data to government offices, but manual testing showed no problems with plant operation. 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.