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Date:      Tue, 20 Jun 2000 17:08:58 -0400
From:      James Housley <jim@thehousleys.net>
To:        Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de>
Cc:        Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.ORG>, Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com>, FreeBSD Ports <ports@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Y2K links
Message-ID:  <394FDD6A.AC1CAD90@thehousleys.net>
References:  <20000620160241.C32776@argon.gryphonsoft.com> <20000620151125.O6284@FreeBSD.org> <394FD415.ECF2D1DB@thehousleys.net> <20000620230333.A16966@cichlids.cichlids.com>

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Alexander Langer wrote:
> 
> Thus spake James Housley (jim@thehousleys.net):
> 
> > Actually Y2038 or Y2070 would be better.
> 
> What's up with 2070?
> 
> Only because it's 100 years after the epoch?
A lot of the early Y2K software made assumptions about 2-digit dates. 
date<70 being 20xx and greater than 70 being 19xx.  That is all.

Jim
-- 
Unix is very user-friendly.  It's just picky who its friends are.


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