It might be a good idea to have little cash on hand that day. Last weekend I heard the head of the Federal Aviation Administration, Jane Garvey, discussing how air traffic control computers would work in 2000. Hour and minute, maybe, but not day. I think car computers will fall into that category. Even if they use a date, which I doubt, they probably won't malfunction just because they believe it is 1900.
News is like that.
But I can tell you that I'm planning to go to Denver this weekend for a Y2K test, run by the Federal Aviation Administration. The F.A.A. will set the clocks ahead to New Year's Eve on some computers in three Air Traffic Control offices, and see if they function right as they roll over to Jan. 1, 2000. I think January may be a lot like December. I guess that in January I'll set it to 1972, which is the most recent year when the day of the week and date matched up to what they will be in 2000. Others say that is just bunk and hysteria.