# I had a Y2K glitch! Anyone else? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2000, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593 "2000-01-01T05:31:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2000, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/21 "2000-01-01T15:33:00Z")
Nope, no glitches here. All went smoothly here in California. No power outages, not so much as a flicker. I didn’t even buy extra food, so now I get to laugh at those who believed the hype. Hmm, I wonder what the religious fanatics are doing right now? As far as I can tell, the second comming hasn’t happened… ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2000, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/22 "2000-01-01T15:37:00Z")
The original message was posted a half hour before midnight. Didn’t anyone notice that? Obviously a sly trick. Anyway, yes, my message board on the net WWWBOARD posts messages with the date of 100. which is kinda funny cause I put a surfing picture on the board, forgot to change the caption to it which says ‘actual house 100 Block of FOrest in PG’ in other words, hey, Calif fell into the ocean, either that, back to year 100 & the flood. ---
**Author:** ![special](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/special)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2000, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/23 "2000-01-01T16:07:00Z")
my brother had no problem calling me last night @ 11:30 chicago time. had trouble getting a clean internet line out. minor amount of fireworks but only until midnight. i had gone to the water store yesterday a.m., but that’s normal routine. everything’s working fine this morning. buy to say the hype wasn’t worth it, is silly. the reason we had no major problems was because we started to take it seriously. what is amazing is that we were able to get it done in time, as few businesses or the feds started any kind of program further than 2 yrs back. most everybody did testing to see if the fixes worked & people were assured they could check their bank accts today. those folks who went bonkers-worried anyway just don’t have to worry about grocery shopping until easter. ---
**Author:** ![sly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@sly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sly)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2000, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/24 "2000-01-01T16:18:00Z")
> [@](#): > > The original message was posted a half hour before midnight. Didn’t anyone notice that? Obviously a **sly** trick. Hey, I had nothing to do with it. Seriously, though, I think Opal is in the Eastern Time Zone and her post shows Central time. ---
**Author:** ![dlv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dlv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dlv)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2000, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/25 "2000-01-01T16:48:00Z")
Here in NYC we have an uneventful Y2K 1 hour before Chicago. Here’s a cute one from [http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/01/01/y2k.naval.observatory.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/01/01/y2k.naval.observatory.ap/index.html) > [@](#): > > Nation’s official timekeeper says year is ‘19100’ > > ``` > January 1, 2000 Web posted at: 6:38 AM EST (1138 GMT) > > WASHINGTON (AP) -- In an ironic Y2K computer glitch, the nation's official timekeeper briefly reported the date as "19100" during the earliest hours of the new year on its Internet site. > > The U.S. Naval Observatory, whose master clock in Washington serves as the nation's official source of time, published a Web page to track the time -- down to the precise second -- exactly as the century ended. > > But a bug in the programming of the Web site informed visitors that the current date for U.S. time zones that had already passed midnight was January 1, 19100. > > Cmdr. Carl Rusnok of the Naval Observatory said the service's master clock was not affected by the problem. Navy technicians fixed the problem by 2:10 a.m. EST. > > ``` > > … ---
**Author:** ![Globe-trotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@Globe-trotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Globe-trotter)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2000, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/26 "2000-01-01T16:54:00Z")
Nothing to report here, except that at midnight, the lights went out. We soon found the culprit, though. Then we guzzled champagne. 😃 My brother’s computer is Y2K-compliant. I don’t know about mine, I’ll find out tomorrow night. * * * Some drink at the fountain of knowledge…others just gargle. ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2000, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/27 "2000-01-01T17:23:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Hmm, I wonder what the religious fanatics are doing right now? As far as I can tell, the second comming hasn’t happened… I’ll bet $20 that the fundies will be saying that because the Millinium doens’t REALLY start until next year, that _that_ will be the real second coming. I was at my buddy’s house. All we heard were a couple of gunshots along with the fireworks. Gotta love them rednecks. 😮 My possible Y2K glitch was that my phone card wouldn’t work. It said that my authorization code wasn’t correct. I’ll have to see if that was a temporary thing, or if I’m out $13. ## Yawn. “don’t believe tha hype!” indeed. You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![Gundhilde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@Gundhilde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundhilde)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2000, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/28 "2000-01-02T06:22:00Z")
My computer said “January **4** , 1980.” Odd. Maybe I should have left it…I could wait about three years and be thrilled when my computer displays the moment of my birth as the present date…even though I’ll be 20 or so by then. The lights went out in the house I was at, but I have a feeling that was the work of a bunch of no-good kids. * * * “Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past.” --1984 ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2000, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/29 "2000-01-02T06:44:00Z")
Kellibelli and I were using my computer at 1:20 when it freaked out and sent bizarre error messages…I’m not sure if it had anything to do with the whole Y2K hype but it was definately bizarre! ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2000, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/30 "2000-01-01T20:07:00Z")
All was quiet here, except the fireworks and gun shots freaked out the dog. As for the fanatics, they already thought up new dates for the Apocalypse a few days ago: [As Jan 1 Draws Near, Doomsayers Reconsider[/ur] from the December 27, 1999, Washington Post * * * “I hope life isn’t a big joke, because I don’t get it,” Jack Handy [url=“[http://members.aol.com/gr8kat1/KatGen/home.htm](http://members.aol.com/gr8kat1/KatGen/home.htm)”]The Kat House]([http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1999-12/27/069r-122799-idx.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1999-12/27/069r-122799-idx.html)) [Join the FSH Webring](http://members.aol.com/gr8kat1/KatGen/fshwebring.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2000, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/31 "2000-01-01T20:08:00Z")
One more time! [As Jan 1 Draws Near, Doomsayers Reconsider](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1999-12/27/069r-122799-idx.html) ---
**Author:** ![Sylence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Sylence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylence)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2000, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/32 "2000-01-01T20:24:00Z")
No bugs here. My computer is running fine, and I was even online playing a game at the Big Moment. Didn’t even hiccup. Of course, I haven’t turned on the other, older computer yet, but I’m confident there won’t be any problems there either. Please DO update your virus scanners as soon as you can, though. I’m sure some sicko wrote a bug or two to go off. – Sylence * * * I don’t have an evil side. Just a really, really apathetic one. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2000, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/33 "2000-01-01T22:12:00Z")
I sure did…I stayed home so I could get to work today to test all the damn computers in the office…I am not a happy camper today, I missed out on all the fun for nothing! ---
**Author:** ![Akatsukami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@Akatsukami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akatsukami)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2000, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/34 "2000-01-01T22:30:00Z")
Drat, the Y2K fanatics were right: the world _did_ end at midnight! (All since then, of course, has been an illusion of the Devil, without physical substance or spiritual significance.) * * * “Kings die, and leave their crowns to their sons. Shmuel HaKatan took all the treasures in the world, and went away.” ---
**Author:** ![chief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@chief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chief)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2000, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/35 "2000-01-01T23:48:00Z")
check out the date on this post: [http://www.mindsharedesign.com/blackcrowes/wwwboard/messages/1176.html](http://www.mindsharedesign.com/blackcrowes/wwwboard/messages/1176.html) 🙂 * * * Chief’s Domain - [http://www.seas.ucla.edu/~ravi](http://www.seas.ucla.edu/~ravi) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2000, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/36 "2000-01-01T23:50:00Z")
> [@](#): > > My computer said “January 4, 1980.” One of our friend’s laptop clicked over to January 4, 1980, also. It’s IBM, running an early version of Windows (3.1, maybe?). -Melin ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2000, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/37 "2000-01-02T01:29:00Z")
Explorer won’t list your files by date if you didn’t update Windoz. Mine does it okay. Any computer that shows another date, like 1980, doesn’t have a hardware y2k bios. Also, that 19100 date? It was a y2k thing in Matts wwwBoard Script. He has posted a update for that, though. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2000, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/38 "2000-01-02T02:13:00Z")
handy: as sly already noted, I’m on EASTERN time, the board’s time is CENTRAL time. For me, right now, it is 9:05pm, but my post will be stamped an hour off that. * * * – Teeming Millions: [http://fathom.org/teemingmillions](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions) “Meat flaps, yellow!” - DrainBead, naked co-ed Twister chat O p a l C a t [www.opalcat.com](http://www.opalcat.com) ---
**Author:** ![AuraSeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AuraSeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuraSeer)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2000, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/39 "2000-01-02T02:17:00Z")
When my GF started up her computer, its date came up as Jan 4, 1980. (It’s an old 386 running Win3.1.) But she reset it to the correct date, and since then it’s working fine. Other than that, we’ve had absolutely zero problems. * * * Laugh hard; it’s a long way to the bank. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2000, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/40 "2000-01-02T04:45:00Z")
Well, I had thought that everything was fine (except possibly that burnt-out light bulb, which is obviously a Y2K problem) but, while I was reading this thread, my radio gave off a burst of static that was several seconds long. Obviously, the Y2K bug is trying to lull us into a false sense of security as it sneaks up on us unobtrusively. * * * Your Official Cat Goddess since 10/20/99. “We are here! You are saved!” --R. & F. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593.md?page=3)