Thousands of newborn babies have been listed officially as 100 years old. Computers at English register offices are refusing to recognise the year as 2000 and are printing 1900 on birth certificates. [...]

Source: The (London) *Times*, 17 Jan 2000; The full story is online at: http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/Times/frontpage.html?1069542

-- From RISK Lists (risk@list.com), January 28, 2000

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Thanks. Martin posted an update to this article at the bottom of the main page.

See "International" category: http://greenspun.com/bboard/q-and- a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=002Lwn

-- Lee Maloney (leemaloney@hotmail.com), January 29, 2000.