<programming> A technique used to work around problems due to
the Year 2000 and the "millennium bug". Time shifting
involves translating date fields in a database back by a fixed
number of years to avoid year 2000 problems with the database
management system.
Typically dates are shifted back 28 years so that the occurrence
of leap years and days of the week match with the actual year.
(2003-08-15)
Nearby terms:
time quantum « time-sharing « Time Sharing Option « time shifting » Time Simulator » time sink » time slice
