When the Year 2000 arrives, those same computers interpret the year as 1900 and note that you haven't made a payment on your credit card since 1900. Now multiply that one billing error by the millions of credit card holders any one company might have, and you will begin to see how problematic a date miscalculation can be. Correcting the Year 2000 problem seems like an enormous undertaking since so many computers and computer chips exist in our world today. When we add the fact that the clock is ticking, and there are millions of lines of code to review, the Year 2000 problem becomes a real concern. However, despite all that, the Year 2000 problem is rather simple to solve.
Technicians already know what to do and how to do it.
The problem businesses now face is managing conversion, and making sure conversion projects are completed before December 31, 1999.