Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 10:07:21 +1000 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> To: Richard Toren <rpt@sso.wdl.lmco.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fetch Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970602095839.14689D-100000@panda.hilink.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.970601190409.9881A-100000@hps>
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On Sun, 1 Jun 1997, Richard Toren wrote:
> I think this type of thinking ("assume current century") is how
> the 2-digit years got started; and what got us into the 2K problem.
>
> The boundry conditions are where that assumption breaks. Clock drift or just
> lucky timing has the item dated 12-31-99 23:58 and received 1-1-00 00:03.
> Was it sent 99 years in the future? The next kludge is to create some special
Aren't people making this harder than it really is? Look at the sources
for date(1). Unix starts in 1970. If a 2 digit year is < 70, then add
2000, else add 1900. See date.c line 188 or so.
Danny
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