Year 10,000 problem

class of all potential time formatting and storage bugs that would emerge when the need to express years with five digits
Event time_formatting_and_storage_bugs Q649027
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Year 10,000 problem

Summary

Year 10,000 problem is a time formatting and storage bugs[1]. It draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (time_formatting_and_storage_bugs category, ranking #3 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Year 10,000 problem's instance of is recorded as time formatting and storage bugs[3].
  • Year 10,000 problem's instance of is recorded as technical limitation[4].
  • Year 10,000 problem's instance of is recorded as Q65266764[5].
  • Year 10,000 problem's point in time is recorded as +10000-01-01T00:00:00Z[6].
  • Year 10,000 problem's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01f8xc[7].
  • Year 10,000 problem's has cause is recorded as arithmetic overflow[8].
  • Year 10,000 problem's spoken text audio is recorded as En-Year 10,000 Problem-article.ogg[9].
  • Year 10,000 problem's described by source is recorded as RFC 2550: Y10K and Beyond[10].
  • Year 10,000 problem's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 177057286[11].

Why It Matters

Year 10,000 problem draws 39 Wikipedia views per month (time_formatting_and_storage_bugs category, ranking #3 of 4).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Year 10,000 problem. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/year-10-000-problem
MLA “Year 10,000 problem.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/year-10-000-problem.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_year-10-000-problem_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Year 10,000 problem}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/year-10-000-problem}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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