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SCHWEIZ COMPUTER DATUMSFUNKTION

Das Jahr 2000 stellt die Datumsfunktionen von Computern vor Probleme (Montage): Im Jahr 2000 soll kein Neugeborenes eine AHV-Rente erhalten, weil es im Computer als Jahrgang 1900 gefuehrt wird. Der Bundesrat hat am 28. August 1997 fuer die Umstellung der Informatik zum Jahrhundertwechsel hoechste Prioritaet beschlossen. Die Anpassung kommt den Bund auf 100 Millionen Franken zustehen. (KEYSTONE/HANDOUT/MONTAGE)

COMPUTER ARTWORK OF CIRCUIT WITH MILLENNIUM DATE

"Millennium bug. Computer artwork representing the \millennium bug\"" by a circuit containing the date 2000 on a clock face. The millennium bug theory is that computers may not understand the change of digits from \""99\"" to \""00\"" at the turn of the century. This is due to the fact that computers only use the last two digits of each year on their internal calendars. There is some debate about the effect this will have. It has been said that the computers will \""think\"" it is 1900, but others think that the whole computer will crash, and lose all information. There is currently frantic research into solutions to the problem before the deadline.""" (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/MEHAU KULYK)

SCHWEIZ MILLENNIUM

Sujet zum Millennium Bug, aufgenommen am 23. November 1999 (KEYSTONE/Karl Mathis)

SCHWEIZ SESSION STAENDERAT CARLO SCHMID

Carlo Schmid, CVP-AI, stellte am Donnerstag, 24. September 1998 im Staenderat die Frage nach geplanten Ernstfallmassnahmen gegen zu erwartete Informatikprobleme im Jahr 2000. (KEYSTONE/Alessandro della Valle)

SCHWEIZ SESSION STAENDERAT KASPAR VILLIGER

Finanzminister Kaspar Villiger aeusserte sich am Donnerstag, 24. September 1998, im Staenderat zu den erwarteten Informatikproblemen im Jahr 2000. (KEYSTONE/Alessandro della Valle)

[S 6800] Millennium bug. Computer artwork of a beetle representing the 'millennium bug' moving around an environment of computer data. Many computers only store the last two digits of each year on their internal calendars. The millennium bug theory is that computers may not understand the change of digits from '99' in 1999 to '00' in 2000. Computers may 'think' it is 1900, or even crash, and lose all data. Alternatively this may represent an internet search engine such as the Web Crawler searching out data on the world wide web (WWW). The WWW is part of the internet, aglobal network of computers able to send and receive information between each other. (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/ROGER HARRIS)

BRASILIEN BOERSE SAO PAULO

Traders work out off of computer terminals at the Bovespa stock market in Sao Paulo, Brazil , Monday Jan. 3, 2000. The Brazilian financial sector experienced no problems related with the Y2K bug on the first active trading day of the millennium. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

SCHWEIZ ULRICH GRETE

Ulrich Grete, Delegierter des Bundesrates fuer die Informatikprobleme um das Jahr 2000, am 28. Juli 1998 in Bern. (KEYSTONE/Alessandro della Valle)

KOLUMBIEN MILLENNIUM

People wait for a number at Social Security office in Bogota to get proof of their labor history fearing that the Y2K bug will erase it on Tuesday, December 7, 1999. The system at the Social Security institute is still not Y2K compliant but officials claim that they have time to get ready. Like many Latin American nations hit hard by last year's economic recession, Colombia has had to scramble for resources to confront Y2K, the legacy of computers programmed to express years with just two digits, so that 2000 could be read as 1900 in systems, causing crashes or garbling data. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

[S 6828] Millennium bug. Computer artwork representing the 'millennium bug' by a beetle patterned like a circuit board on a computer screen showing the date 2000. The millennium bug theory is that computers may not understand the change of digits from '99' to '00' at the turn of the century. This is due to the fact that computers only use the last two digits of each year on their internal calendars. There is some debate about the effect this will have. Some say the computers will 'think' it is 1900, or even crash, and lose all information. (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/VICTOR HABBICK VISIONS)

NETHERLANDS Y2K AIR TRAVEL

A KLM stewardess walks past lines of empty check-in counters at Schiphol Amsterdam airport Friday December 31, 1999. Only two of the five runways of the airport remain open to accommodate flights with a total traffic of 7200 passengers compared to up to 25,000 on a normal New Year's Eve. Many are believed to have stayed home for fear of flying due to the millennium bug. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

JAPAN MILLENIUM BUG

A Japan Railway East (JR East) Yamanote Line train stops at Shinjuku station for three minutes as the year turns from 1999 to 2000 to observe the train control systems to function properly to avoid any accident to be caused by so called Y2K bug problem. (Jiji Press) (KEYSTONE/Jiji Press/Hideo Yamazaki)

PHILIPPINES MILLENNUM

Tens of thousands of shoppers crowd a Manila market to do last-minute shopping on Friday Dec. 31, 1999 in preparation for the new millennium. The Filipinos apparently are heeding the advise of the Government not to go into panic-buying in anticipation of the possible problems that may occur due to the Y2K bug. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Chris Hoffmann, top, and Patrick Shawver, bottom, system operators at the New York Independent System Operator, a not-for-profit corporation that operates the state's electric power grids, watches the big board which tells the status of various power grids across the state on Wednesday, December 8, 1999, in Guilderland, N.Y. Each utility has drawn up its own battle plan to prepare itself for what the Y2K computer bug might bring. (KEYSTONE/AP/Jim McKnight)

SINGAPUR MILLENNIUM

A Singaporean shop assistant retrieves a packet of portable cooking gas casettes for a customer at the Daimaru shopping center Wednesday, Dec. 22, 1999 in Singapore. The Japanese owned store is offering special deals on items such as corned beef, sardines, water and beer for those worried about supply problems caused by the Y2K bug as the millenium changes.(AP Photo/Ed Wray)

GROSSBRITANNIEN MILLENNIUM

British Prime Minister Tony Blair announcing a multimillion Pound (Dlrs) programme to tackle the looming computer crisis known as the "Millennium Bug" in central London Monday March 30 1998. The "bug" threatens computers using a two digit year code when the year 2000 is reached. At right is the logo adopted by the campaign. (AP Photo/Louisa Buller)

KOREA MILLENNIUM

An employee at Hawha Mart, a large-scale supermarket in Seoul, 30 November 1999, displays a Y2K emergency kit prepared for possible disasters that may be caused by the potential threat of the millennium bug. The kits, priced at 104 USD and 68 USD respectively, contain instant food, mineral water, cooking gas canisters, along with other daily necessities in case of an emergency. (KEYSTONE/AFP/KIM JAE-HWAN)

INDONESIEN MILLENNIUM

A flight information screen says that Soekarno-Hatta international airport is Y2K ready in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, Nov. 27, 1999. Gripped by economic and political crisis over the past two years with little resources to devote to Y2K preparedness, Indonesia has been placed on the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's list of the world's most vulnerable nations to the millenium bug with state-run power and transportation authorities only beginning to implement preventive measures. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

JAPAN MILLENNIUM

Doctor and nurses prepare to transfer a baby doll to an incubator during a drill for the supposed Y2K computer bug problem at a Tokyo hospital, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 1999. A total of 14 metropolitan hospitals in Tokyo area conducted the drill to check medical equipments that could affect life or death of new-borns and other patients. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Kyodo News)

INDONESIEN MILLENNIUM

Hamdun, an Indonesian street vendor displays year 2000 calenders bearing picture of Chinese figures, in Glodok, a China town area in Jakarta Wednesday, Dec. 15, 1999. Gripped by economic and political crisis over the past two years with little resources to devote to Y2K preparedness, Indonesia has been placed on the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's list of the world's most vulnerable nations to the millenium bug with state-run power and transportation authorities only beginning to implement preventive measures.(AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

JAPAN MILLENNIUM

TOK05 - 19990914 - TOKYO, JAPAN : A Japan Air System (JAS) Airbus A300-600 captain (R) checks nautical instruments with other officials during a simulated midnight flight from the Tokyo International airport, with computers simulating the turn of the year, to demonstrate readiness for the millennium bug early 14 September 1999. Japan's top three airlines, Japan Airlines (JAL), All Nippon Airways (ANA) and JAS, each flew a jetliner in the joint operation called "the biggest Y2K test flight held in the world to date." (KEYSTONE/-/AFP/JIJI PRESS)

SCHWEIZ BOERSE TRADER

Ein Mitarbeiter der Credit Suisse beobachtet am Montag, 3. Januar 2000 in Zuerich in aller Gelassenheit den Zahlungsverkehr. Die Schweiz ist am Montag ohne Milleniums-Problem in die erste Arbeitswoche gestartet. (KEYSTONE/Michele Limina)

JAPAN MILLENNIUM

Computer programmers work at the Year 2000 Conversion Center of IBM Japan, Ltd. at its Makuhari office, east of Tokyo on July 27, 1998. While much of the industrialized world frets over the Year 2000 Millennium Bug and warns of computers gone berserk, Japan is an island of tranquility, with officials insisting their plans to handle the glitch are quietly under way. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

USA NORAD ZENTRUM

Missile Commanders Lt. Col David Wahl (L) and Lt. Col. Ken Reed confirm a launch warning over the phone during a practice drill at the North America Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex in Colorado Springs, Colorado, 09 November, 1999. With the coming of the year 2000, many are worried about whether or not the complex missile tracking system will be operational after computers switch to the new year. Authorities at Cheyenne Mountain working on the Y2K bug are confident that there will be no problems. (KEYSTONE/- PHOTO AFP/MARK LEFFINGWELL)