Subj : Re: Wake Up
To : IB Joe
From : Anthony Bonante
Date : Wed Oct 08 2025 09:01 pm
IJ> I'm not sure if there is anyone who can read cobol... And WTF does that
IJ> have to do with dead people on Social Security.
I happen to know at least five people who still work with COBOL as their job, sadly for them.
The Social Security system uses it. Dates that are blank are
stored as May 20, 1875 (zero point), thus making some records show people being 150 years old. It has to due with ISO:8601 standards.
IJ> If there is a problem fix it. If there is a potential vulnerability fix
IJ> it.
Congress needs to vote on a budget to fix it first.
