Re: OFF TOPIC: Y2K problems with news reader (was Re: Armaggedon)

[alberta@zip.com.au (Albert Alcoceba)]

On Sun, 02 Jan 2000 09:08:25 GMT, /dev/null@.com (Justa Lurker) wrote:

>Y2K bug!
>When setting the date in command mode on a PC, the date command
>assumes 19xx if you provide a two digit year.  If one provides a four
>digit year (1999 or 2000) the date command works fine.  So the fact
>that the shortcut of typing the last two digits is not available for
>years starting with 2000 is a bug.  Horrors!  Got to love those Y2K
>experts, but missing shortcuts are the most common 'bugs'.

There is no easy answer to these problems as there is no way a program
can read the mind of the user.  Prior to 2000, if you put 00 as the
year in the date command, you would have expected it to be assumed as
1900.  How is the program to know you have now changed your mind?

Albert Alcoceba
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