Date: Mon, 06 Jan 1997 20:51:56 +1100 From: Giles Lean <giles@nemeton.com.au> To: "Sean Batson (Sunbeach)" <seanb012@sunbeach.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Year 2000 time change(Format support) Message-ID: <199701060951.UAA01332@nemeton.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970105154311.2226B-100000@bsdi.net>
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[moved to -questions from -hackers] On Sun, 5 Jan 1997 15:45:45 -0400 (AST) "Sean Batson (Sunbeach)" wrote: > Is FreeBSD ready for the year 2000 time change and > what are the effects if the support for this format > isn't implemented asap with the OS? The operating system proper (time structures, filesytem dates, etc) is OK. What utilities assume '19' or sort on two digit date fields is anyone's guess. I would not expect to see problems of a serious nature (crashes, hangs, filesystem corruption) but do expect to see a few display oddities. As an example, the GNU gnats utility 'query-pr' (which isn't part of FreeBSD) has a two digit year format when used in its '--sql' mode. (This is despite the PRs maintaining four digits internally.) Now while query-pr won't break, pretty much anything using its '--sql' export format and sorting it in the C locale won't sort '00' higher than '99'. The "solution" to the year 2000 problem is analysis of critical applications, testing testing and more testing, and having a pool of dollars and trained staff to *quickly* fix the problems as they are discovered. Regards, Giles
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