"Year 2000 problem" hits Australia 10 years behind, the financial system is in a great disorder

For example, "1995" is written as "95 years", some computers that are doing notation of years by only the last 2 digits of the Christian calendar interpret "2000 year (00 year)" as "1900 years" As a result, there was a possibility that the computer malfunctioned "Year 2000 problem (Y2K problem)"Made a noise in the world at the end of the 1990s, but as soon as Australia celebrated 2010, an error occurred in the financial system.

It seems that things that were concerned about the "Year 2000 problem" apparently arrived late by 10 years have come, but what on earth is it going on?

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According to this article, as soon as the banking system in Queensland, Australia celebrated its 1st January 2010, there is an error that somehow mistakenly recognizes the date as 'January 1, 2016' I heard he did.

Due to this error all the settlements using cards such as credit cards and debit cards were rejected by the system.

In addition, as a result of refusal of settlement using the card, a trader selling a souvenir such as a T-shirt to overseas travelers can not receive payment for the card using the card, recent overseas Coupled with the fact that travelers change their cash to the local currency and do not pay them but payment is made with cards, it is said that they suffered a great loss.

In addition, already complaints were flooded in the support center of the bank, even if I continue to call for 1 hour, it seems that I was only being asked for a hold message.

In response to this problem, a spokesperson for a bank has revealed that the restoration work is in progress after recognizing that a system failure has occurred at the national level, but it is said that the prospect of recovery is not standing It is.

By the way, according to the following article, it seems that we are handling it by manual settlement now.

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