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




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