Zeroing In On The Millenium Problem

Computer experts round the world are pondering over an issue which is likely to turn into a multi-billion dollar industry. The issue is: How will computer applications interpret the date 01/01/00 ? The computer is likely to do so in various ways: 1900,2000,2100 and so forth.

But computer majors are bracing themselves to tackle this problem. And taking a lead is Bill Gates' Microsoft. When a user is allowed to enter dates in a format that allows only two digits, also known as a short date format, to specify the year