Y2K. What's up with the Year 2000 Bug?

December 31st, 1999 – Tropical Island, Oceana. The last flight of the evening is on approach to Tropical Island airport and the hour is nearing midnight. The flight control tower gives clearance for the aircraft to land. The airplane is only a few miles offshore when the year 2000 arrives. As the passengers on the airplane toast the New Year, the lights at the airport flicker off and the control tower goes dark. Aircraft controllers use the emergency radio to tell the incoming flight that they are on their own for landing and wish them "good luck" since all ground systems are no longer functioning. Do you want to be a passenger (or a pilot) on the airplane?

Of course, this event has yet to occur and Tropical Island is a fictitious location; however, the scenario is possible. This is just one of the many situations which may arise due to the well known and studied dilemma – The Year 2000 Bug. Also known as "Y2K," this is a global problem.

WHAT IS THE YEAR 2000 PROBLEM?

Since the dawn of the computer age, computer programs have been written using only two digits as identification for year dates. At the time of writing, computer programmers never considered what would happen when the century arrived and the unfortunate results ...

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