human
I've been hearing a lot of talk about the Y2K bug. What is it and how does it affect me?
assistant
The Y2K bug is an issue that arises when computers store dates as two-digit numbers, such as "00" instead of "1900". This can cause many systems to malfunction in the year 2000 because they interpret these digits as the beginning of the new century rather than the end of the previous one. It is important for computer programmers to fix this problem before the year 2000 arrives so that there are no problems with their software.