The year 2000 approaches (was Re: Mondo Combo Card *opinions* [was: Re: SCSI for 3b1: myth or)

[Bruce Lilly]

In article <36499 at cup.portal.com> thad at cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes:
>
>Already, in 1990, I'm seeing UNIX systems whose "date" program permits the
>specification of a 4-digit year; this will be ALL that's required to re-invent
>for the 3B1 sometime during the next 10 years.  If you'll note (by typing date)
>,
>the present ctime() already produces a 4-digit year, so there's no problem
>there.

FYI, I just tried putting in a "00" year in a date command --
it's interpreted as 1970.  date(1) obviously needs to be
rewritten. I'll start work on it right away.

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