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The '''Year 3123 problem''' was a computer bug, occurring mainly in [[Iquistia]] and [[Sunteria]], affecting systems that stored time by storing the number of [[Bežu–greho–henžisaso system of units|henžisasos]] since 6 a.m. on 18 December 1973 (1 Neuia 3100 [[Iquisto-Sunterian calendar|I.T.]]) as a 32-bit | The '''Year 3123 problem''' was a computer bug, occurring mainly in [[Iquistia]] and [[Sunteria]], affecting systems that stored time by storing the number of [[Bežu–greho–henžisaso system of units|henžisasos]] since 6 a.m. on 18 December 1973 (1 Neuia 3100 [[Iquisto-Sunterian calendar|I.T.]]) as a 32-bit signed integer. It presented itself on 4 August 1997 (7 Snoiguia 3123 I.T.), when the integer overflowed. | ||
Only minor issues occurred, as programmers worked hard to fix the bug before it presented itself. | Only minor issues occurred, as programmers worked hard to fix the bug before it presented itself. | ||