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Front line tech during the Y2K crisis. I had 60 software updates to manage across 600 car dealerships from Texas to Guam.
The real trick was convincing everyone to do it early because the '00 model year cars were coming out in '98 and '99 and could have broken a lot of things.
"Y2K? That's months from now!"
"When do you get your '00 cars?"
"Next week."
"Do you want to be able to sell them?"
"!!" (Metal Gear Solid noise)
Interesting design choice to store the model year as a date instead of an int. I guess it was probably done for a reason but I'm having a hard time thinking of one.
Definitely. Post Y2K most of the problems were fixed, except one state started issuing titles for "Horseless Carriages" because that's how they classified vintage vehicles.
https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/1999/10/13/y2k-brings-back-horseless-carriages/51026660007/