http://simonwillison.net/2008-08-25T19:42:39+00:00Simon Willison2008-08-25T19:42:39+00:002008-08-25T19:42:39+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Aug/25/longnow/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="http://www.longnow.org/about/"><p>The Long Now Foundation was established in 01996*... (The Long Now Foundation uses five digit dates, the extra zero is to solve the deca-millennium bug which will come into effect in about 8,000 years.)</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="http://www.longnow.org/about/">The Long Now Foundation</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/dates">dates</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/decamillenniumbug">decamillenniumbug</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/long-now-foundation">long-now-foundation</a></p>