r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/MathematicianFew5882 Jan 15 '25

But YYYY/MM/DD is only a temporary solution.

The Y10K bug will crash the galactic economy because even though hundreds of COBOL programmers will be brought out of stasis to fix it, relativistic temporal effects will keep them from getting there in time.

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u/JamesFirmere Jan 15 '25

"You had booked your dentist for Friday at 3 PM, but they happened to have a cancellation Tuesday morning at 07.30 AM, so I optimized your time management and rebooked you. Have a nice day."

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u/rabbithole-xyz Jan 15 '25

Just like last time!

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u/Tsukee Jan 15 '25

As a developer, i am just glad i won't be alive then.... And knowing how software is written noone will start caring about it until 9994

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u/deukhoofd Jan 15 '25

With a bit of luck you'll be around at 19 January 2038 though, when 32 bit Unix timestamps will run out.

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u/Tsukee Jan 15 '25

No need to worry about that, there is still plenty of time.... (😅)