Exactly what I was thinking of. Their misunderstanding of something like the different data types and epocs for time values is crazy.

Any time I get a weird date/time value the first thing I check is what the epoc and smallest unit of time is as it’s far more likely I’ve done some bad math than something that old actually being valid.

Edit: spelling

I would have been surprised if they weren’t using COBOL especially when it comes to the Treasury.

A lot of them don’t even seem to have any IT/software muscle. I keep reading that they basically have zero experience with a lot of the languages (COBOL), databases, or software that is used in the government. So these people get into the servers and start digging around in code and data that they don’t even have a fundamental understanding of and are essentially making shit up about their findings.

They are at least signaling some sort of action now, so as you said I think it’s a good move as well.