The “Y2K bug” was a dud, and our computers kept plugging away, but until the clock struck midnight, no one knew for sure what would happen when the calendar rolled over from 1999 to 2000.

As the decade wound down, more and more people became agitated about the Y2K bug—also known as the millennium bug and the year 2000 problem–which stemmed from programmers having conserved ...

On this date in 2000, people around the world had been holding their breath about the Y2K bug. There was concern computers using the two-digit abbreviation for the year, such as 99 for 1999, would ...

The year was 1999 - and governments and corporations were fearful about the unknown millenium computer bug. Here’s what to know about Y2K on its 25th anniversary.

The term Y2K had become shorthand for a problem stemming from the clash of the upcoming Year 2000 and the two-digit year format utilized by early coders to minimize use of computer memory, then an ...

KELOLAND watched a waited as the calendar turned from 1999 to 2000, wondering if Y2K would wreak havoc.

She is the founder and President of the Joseph 2000 Project, and author of the book “Y2K: The Millennium Bug – A Balanced Christian Response.” ...

In some cases it may come down to a technique informally called "the pivot year" and which many a developer used back in 2000 to tackle the Y2K bug. Say you are an institution founded in 1920.

In Portland, the most notable Y2K-bug problem involved a downtown restaurant that overcharged 126 customers a total of $38,466.69.

Thankfully, the so-called "year 2000 problem" didn't live up to the hype. NPR covered Y2K preparations for several years leading up to the new millennium.