1.   And programmers are thought to be better prepared than ever to spot and quickly fix any date problems they missed.

2.   As for other date problems that crop up, engineers and programmers are far from panicking, Lott said.

3.   Becker said that anyone with a computer old enough to have date problems should probably be thinking about buying a new computer.

4.   About two years ago there were predictions that the world would not have enough programmers to scan billions of lines of code and fix any date problems.

5.   General Motors, Ford and the other manufacturers say cars will have no date problems, despite the swarms of microchips embedded in them.

6.   In addition, many computer users bought new software to retire programs that had date problems.

7.   PC users with extensive databases and spreadsheets can run into a separate set of date problems.

8.   Perhaps it is just another sign of growing confidence that the nation will sail into next year with few serious computer date problems.

9.   So this date problem is not going to go away anytime soon.

10.   Turns out this date problem has been an ongoing thing this year.