RE: 2010 bug

From: Bahrami, Mary <Mary.Bahrami_at_kingcounty.gov>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 08:58:41 -0800
Message-ID: <93B815BB14287A47AF76C7AA253A2B2508055A9E_at_mkey01.kc.kingcounty.lcl>

Wonder if it is similar to the description of the bug in: http://40hz.org/Pages/Newton%20Year%202010%20Problem, an overflow problem.  

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Jared Still Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 2:52 PM
To: melkin4u_at_gmail.com
Cc: oracle-l
Subject: Re: 2010 bug  

Interesting.  

Googling for it I can't seem to find a plausible explanation.  

There is lots of wrangling on Slashdot as to whether it has something

to do with 0x10 being 16 in binary and 10 in BCD.

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/01/03/1312209/2016-Bug-Hits-Text-Messa ges-Payment-Processing  

Could it be that someone is storing the year in 2 digits?  

You would think that lesson had been learned.  

Jared Still
Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Michael Elkin <melkin4u_at_gmail.com> wrote:

It is interesting to know if someone of list members have experienced 2010 bug, when 2010 suddenly changed to 2016

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100105-708021.html

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/05/windows_mobe_bug/

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