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KembaraXtra–Computer Terms – 2-digit year
A 2-digit year format allows only the final two digits of the year to be stored in a date field, omitting the century entirely. For example, the year 1998 would be stored as “98.” This approach was widely used in older systems to conserve limited memory or storage, but it eventually led to widespread ambiguity in date calculations, especially during century boundaries. The format played a major role in the creation of the Year 2000 problem.
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