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Article: Millenium bugaboo.(computer date problem come Year 2000)
- Article from:
- Security Management
- Article date:
- December 1, 1998
- Author:
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The first issue of USA Today in the year 2000 bearing the date January 1, 19007 That's not a concern for the paper's owner, Gannett Corporation, which also operates eighty-three other daily newspapers and twenty-one television stations, among other properties. Still, the Year 2000 Problem-which refers to the chaos created when computers interpret the year 2000 as either 1900 or 1980 (a default year on many PCs) - is being taken seriously at the Arlington, Virginia-based media behemoth.
Information technology (IT) staff fear possible disruption of such critical operations as finance (including payroll, benefits, and pensions) and such key applications as ...