@SmudgeTheInsultCat This claim doesn't seem to be true unfortunately; there's no evidence COBOL ever used 1875 as a default date.

https://wavdl.blog/2025/02/16/cobol-social-security-epoch-myth.html
cc @wavdl

COBOL, Social Security, and the epoch myth.

Elon Musk is a liar, but that doesn’t mean you need to lie too.

Billy Van Der Laar
@SmudgeTheInsultCat fascists, meet legacy systems! Legacy systems, …umh… run!!