Their programs are comprised of millions of lines of code that interact with each other in ways that are hard to follow and predict. And there are only about two years left to fix all of it. But don't be too alarmed. Much is being done to correct the problem. Anyway, there's really no way to know how successful this will be until after 2000.
Predictions range from the end of the world to a small hiccup.
We'll just have to wait and see. In the meantime, I've found a fun way to wait for it all. Countdown Clocks International has come up with the Millennium 2000 Countdown Clock. The stylish 5-inch curved clock looks nice on my desk and has a large digital display that shows a countdown of how many days, hours, minutes and seconds there are left until the millennium. Simply enter the current time and date to set it.