Y2k Cinderella Timeline
1900 - Start of IBM/360 64 bit clock
Start of Lotus/Spreadsheet world
1904 - Start of original Apple Mac clock
1920 - Current Start of Apple Mac World
1960 - IBM/360
1970 - IBM/370
1971 - IBM Clock rollover
1972-08-16 - 9999 days to 2000 (OS catalog corrupts)
1980 - IBM 4300
1980-08-01 - MS DOS Default startup date
1986-06-30 - Deadline 2000 starts
1986-07-21 - Deadline 2000 ends
1986 - ISO 8601 defines YYYYMMDD standard
1987 - MVS SVC11 changes
VM IPL 01/01/00 to 2000
1988-07-30 - FIPS 4-1 YYYY standard in effect
1995 - Peter de Jager - Datamation
www.year2000.com on the air
US Congress Technical Committee
IBM announces Year 2000 ready ESA
1996-01-01 - UNISYS 8bit clock rollover
Datamation Year 2000 issue
1996 - US Congress subcommittees
1996-11-19 - www.cinderella.co.za on the air
1996-12-13 - IBM announces VSE/ESA2.2 Y2k ready
1997-01-01 - Datamation Year 2000 issue
1997-03-18 - New York Stock Exchange trades on de Jager Index
1997-04-07 - 999 days to 2000 (catalogs?)
1997-10 - US Government Progress Reviews
1998-12 - US Government deadline for Mission Critical apps
1999-01-01 - US Government deadline
1999-08 - GPS 10bit counter rollover
1999-12-31 - PC BIOS Tickover problem:
Set the clock early!
Party Time
2000-01-01 - Last year of the 20th Century
Meltdown?
2001-01-01 - Start of 21st Century
2019 - Original Apple Mac end of world
2038 - UNIX signed 32bit timer rolls over
2040 - Current Apple Mac end of world
2042 - IBM 64bit clocks rolls over
2099 - MSDOS x86 end of world