Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 20:09:19 -0500 (EST) From: jack <jack@diamond.xtalwind.net> To: James Raynard <james@jraynard.demon.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tell the world about Year 2000 Compliance Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971119195318.29259A-100000@germanium.xtalwind.net> In-Reply-To: <19971119200333.45342@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
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On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, James Raynard wrote:
> and assumptions about the tm_year field (which will change from a
> 2-digit to a 3-digit field in 2000!). I've had a casual browse, but
struct tm {
[snip]
int tm_year; /* years since 1900 */
2147483647 + 1900 = 2,147,485,547
I suspect we have a few other issues to work on before the tm structure
becomes a pressing matter. :)
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