year zero , all over again
isn't one of the problems that the 'local date' will become 1st May 00 after the abdication, whist still being 1st May 2019 in other parts of the computer. That's quite a DST (daylight saving time) offset!
millenium bug all over again, guardian has a fairly accurate article here:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/25/big-tech-warns-japan-millennium-bug-y2k-emperor-akihito-abdication
Biting the hand that feeds IT
