My math is rusty to be sure, but I'm pretty sure 2024 - 942 = 1082. In this case, I suppose the data entry error is that someone somewhere accidentally entered a birth year as 1082, instead of 1982, corrupting the 9 for a 0 because they can look similar when sloppily written and also because they are adjacent on a keyboard.
Yes, but it was unclear to me until I worked through it because op didn’t make it as obvious as it could have been. I figured if I was confused others might be too, so I typed it out explicitly.
Yeah you're right - I re-structured my post before hitting on "reply" and mangled what was originally something like this:
2024 - 942 = 1082 instead of 1982.
(I also removed a detailed description of how these errors are usually caused by a mistype by those who do not use a keyboard with a number pad and by poor handwriting making 0 and 9 look similar.. but I cut that out as otherwise we're be here all day reading my rambling thoughts).
My math is rusty to be sure, but I'm pretty sure 2024 - 942 = 1082. In this case, I suppose the data entry error is that someone somewhere accidentally entered a birth year as 1082, instead of 1982, corrupting the 9 for a 0 because they can look similar when sloppily written and also because they are adjacent on a keyboard.