During an Oval Office event, Elon Musk discussed his findings from the Department of Government Efficiency, particularly anomalies in Social Security records, including people listed as 150 years old. Experts indicated that this might be due to coding quirks in the extensive Social Security database. They noted that missing date values are represented by a default date from 1875, leading to confusion over the ages reported. Musk's insights sparked discussions about the accuracy of government databases and the challenges in identifying improper payments.
As an example of his work so far, Musk cited some "crazy things" that had emerged in just the "cursory examination of Social Security" his team was undertaking.
Under an international standard called ISO 8601, a missing value for a date is coded as May 20, 1875, which may explain the 150-year age.
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