The year 2000 is approaching, and companies are finally realizing that dates may have more than 2 digits. This problem was first noticed at least 20 years ago, but conventional wisdom said that none of the programs in use then would still be in use by the end of the millennium. So nobody fixed them, and only recently have people started writing programs which consider what will happen at the year 2000.
Some analysts say no.
They claim that the Year 2000 Problem will be the end of computing as we know it. Some seem to be claiming that all computers will stop working at midnight, December 31, 1999. While there is a significant problem coming, I think some of these consultants, whose work consists of trying to fix the year 2000 problem, may be overstating the case, and the media seems to love it. Maybe, maybe not. You can find out easily enough.