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Roland Perry · January 3rd 16, 07:42 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In message , at 18:47:45
on Sat, 2 Jan 2016, remarked:
Why are you assuming that this
particular instance was in any way similar to Y2K?

Firstly, because a very similar incident *was* tracked down to that
cause,

You mean there was a very similar incident 16 years ago?

The Nottingham City Transport smartcard issue in around 2006.

But what is special about 1/1/2016 compared to 1/1/2015, 1/1/2014, etc?

Or 1/1/2006 compared to 1/1/2000. There's something about the range
of years for which 1/1/xxxx is recognised, which transcends xxxx=2000.

That's not the millennium bug then. It was about years being held in 2
digits so not able to handle properly to rollover of the century.

It's the same class of problem, which is why I put the "Y2K" in quotes.
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Roland Perry