[LINK] Leap year plays havoc with Japanese electronics (ABC 1 Mar)

[Tom Worthington]

The ABC reports Wed, Mar 1 2000 5:24 AM AEDT: "Leap year plays havoc with
Japanese electronics":
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2000/02/item20000229204507_1.htm

>... After relief that Japan survived the Y2K bug, today 1,200 automatic 
>teller  machines went out of service, receipt machines at post offices 
>quoted the wrong date, and on a day without rain, computers at the 
>weather bureau in Kyoto reported double digit rainfall.

However, there is no report of this, or any other leap year problems from:

* International Y2K Cooperation Center:
http://www.iy2kcc.org/summary_chart_time.html
* Year 2000 National Coordination Centre (Australia) National Status Report:
http://www.y2kaustralia.gov.au/status-reports.cfm.htm
* Australian Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT) Advisories and
Alerts: http://www.auscert.org.au/Information/Advisories/aus_1999.html
* CERT/CC and FedCIRC Y2K Status Report:
http://www.cert.org/y2k-info/y2k-status.html
* Internet Society (ISOC) All About The Internet: Issues Year 2000:
http://www.isoc.org/internet/issues/y2000/#Y2K News


But my wristwatch says it is Wednesday 2 March!  :-)

Tom Worthington FACS     tom.worthington@tomw.net.au  Ph: 0419 496150
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