Under an international standard called ISO 8601, a missing value for a date is coded as May 20, 1875.
For that reason, under some coding systems, a missing value for a date will default to 1875 — which in the year 2025 produces a round figure of 150.
https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/feb/17/are-150-year-old-americans-receiving-social-securi/
For that reason, under some coding systems, a missing value for a date will default to 1875 — which in the year 2025 produces a round figure of 150.
https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/feb/17/are-150-year-old-americans-receiving-social-securi/
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..for a benefit that depends in part on age to determine eligibility.
Also: COBOL FFS, I thought that would finally die after the Y2K debacle. How do they even find people under 70 that know it?