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Honestly, it’ll be 2100, so they could just keep incrementing… it won’t be two digits, but v100.2 would be fine and consistent. It’s y3k they need to watch out for.
Edit: though I guess then it’ll just be off… v1000.1 in 3000ad. Maybe we’ll just switch to stardate or something by then… or more likely be extinct.
y2k38 will be even funnier than y2k and y3k I guess.