GPS has its own 19-year cicada problem


  • TECH
  • Friday, 05 Apr 2019

The satellites at the heart of the U.S. global positioning system will reset on April 6. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Most people of a certain age remember the Y2K problem that worried digitalists worldwide when we transitioned from 1999 to 2000 on the night of Dec 31, 1999. What would happen to computers and systems when the last two digits on the date went from 99 to 00? 

In the end, not much. The transition went smoothly for digital networks worldwide. 

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