Occurring every one thousand twenty-four weeks—a nineteen and a half year’s cycle—the Global Position System broadcast date, which includes a week number, counted in ten binary digits reaches an 
integer overflow causing the values to rollover. Whilst not on the level of a y2k or related events because systems reliant on GPS and synchronisation of payments and broadcasting are coded to anticipate this limitation of the satellite network due the relatively short time-horizon. The first occurrence took place at midnight on this day in 1999, and due to its limited use, disruptions were minor. For the second rollover, early April 2019, proactive programming contained problems in the travel industry and most setbacks happened in consumer devices that had not been updated. Unrelated to the ominously sounding Year 2038 Epochalyse for Unix time (y2k38, see above), the next rollover will happen in late November of that year.
synchronoptica
one year ago: assorted links worth revisiting (with synchronoptica)
seven years ago: US roadside attractions plus purpose-built advertising columns
eight years ago: emergency preparedness plus more links to enjoy
ten years ago: sponsored links plus encyclopedic errata
twelve years ago: predacious snails plus Norse cosmology
