RE: 2010 bug
- From: "Bahrami, Mary" <Mary.Bahrami@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx>, <melkin4u@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 08:58:41 -0800
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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jared Still
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 2:52 PM
To: melkin4u@xxxxxxxxx
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@xxxxxxxxx>
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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Michael Elkin
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