IP: The very last Y2K bug?

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 05:42:32 +0100 (CET)
> From: Gunnar Helliesen <gunnar () bitcon no>
> To: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
>
> Prof. Farber,
>
> The very last Y2K bug?
>
> As reported(1) by the Norwegian newspaper VG, Norwegian Rail had big
> problems with their latest, greatest, mosts expensive new trains(2) when
> the clocks on the onboard computers rolled over to Dec. 31 2000 (yes, NYE,
> not the new year).
>
> The problem? The trains wouldn't move an inch.
>
> The solution? Set the onboard clocks back one month.
>
> The manufacturer of the trains, ADtranz in Germany(3), say they're not
> sure exactly what caused the problem, but they're suspecting leap year
> trouble.
>
> I guess no one saw that one coming. ;-)
>
>
> 1) <http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=3095840>
> 2) <http://www.nsb.no/signatur/index.htm>
> 3) <http://www.adtranz.de/>
>
>
> Gunnar
>
> --
> Gunnar Helliesen   | Bergen IT Consult AS  | Open Source activist
> Systems Consultant | Bergen, Norway        | Jaguar enthusiast
> gunnar () bitcon no   | www.bitcon.no/~gunnar | Märklin collector



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