EdwinG
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Even betterThere is a very funny reason for this. Apparently Apple designed the update so it would start on 3/19/2024, that 10% of devices would be updated by 3/26/2024, 25% by 4/2/2024, and all by 4/9/2024. Except instead of "2024" they put "24" in the date limits and since 3/19/2024 was ~2000 years after the 4/9/24 limit for all devices, every single AirTag was updated as soon as they saw the firmware rather than wait.
See for that detail.
This is why I always use YYYY-MM-DD as a date format, which is the recommended notation per the government, as it is understandable for both English and French speakers. It also avoids this typo by having a 4 digit year.
Edit: YYYY-MM-DD also avoids confusing dates such as 9/10/2024 and 10/9/2024 (the first being in October and the second in September in international English).
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