The Y2K glitches start being reported

Wed Dec 29 14:54:27 UTC 1999

At 06:45 AM 12/29/1999 -0800, Sean Donelan wrote:

>And it begins, the early reports from England on a particular POS machine.
>Although this glitch was related to Y2K, POS machines are flaky on the best
>of days.

There's more on this story at:

  Racal Date-Change Software Bug Bites UK Shoppers
  http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991229/tc/britain_swipe_1.html

- paul