Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 17:09:55 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Lyonpoint@aol.com Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: y2k problem Message-ID: <20020508170954.B20331@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <a6.25d093f7.2a0b16b0@aol.com>; from Lyonpoint@aol.com on Wed, May 08, 2002 at 08:02:56PM -0400 References: <a6.25d093f7.2a0b16b0@aol.com>
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--GRPZ8SYKNexpdSJ7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [This belonged on questions not bugs.] On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 08:02:56PM -0400, Lyonpoint@aol.com wrote: >=20 > Please help me. My teenager decided to change the settings on my old > spare computer which I had changed to the calendar to reflect a date > in the 1970's. This was the y2k fix in that computer. The MAJOR > PROBLEM is that I can not remember the year that it should be now; nor > does my teenager remember what the date was before they changed the > date. Please email and tell me what year in the 1970's matches this > description as the y2k fix. Thank you so much for your help. IIRC, the general recommendation was 1980 for 2000. That's the only year within the valid range which both ends in zero for easy mental conversion and is a leap year so those work correctly. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --GRPZ8SYKNexpdSJ7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE82b5RXY6L6fI4GtQRAtm1AJ9WhicAIgNGLRsIe1ZQtLd+Et6awgCfRVT5 ItI4RQw357MbRWHMd3qBYqI= =33LV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GRPZ8SYKNexpdSJ7-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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