Computer hardware and software that supported financial processes ranging from global capital flows, to government payrolls and benefits, to small business inventories, were highly vulnerable because of the extensive use of dates in these systems.

• 支持着从全球资金流动到政府的薪资单和福利，乃至小型商业企业的财务记录的金融处理系统的硬件软件由于系统中大量使用了日期而十分容易受到重创。