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Date:      Fri, 15 Jan 1999 18:01:07 +1100 (EST)
From:      "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@hilink.com.au>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/tcpdump/tcpslice tcpslice.c
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.990115175907.2001F-100000@enya.clari.net.au>
In-Reply-To: <19990115170933.L55525@freebie.lemis.com>

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On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Greg Lehey wrote:

> >   Y2K nit:
> >   	Make two digit years specified on the command line represent
> >   	the century that the computer currently resides.  So 99 means
> >   	1999 this year, but 2099 next year.
> 
> I thought there was some guideline that small 2-digit years represent
> 20xx, and large 2-digit years represent 19xx.

I've had in my mind that I should write some general purpose code which
chooses the nearest match.  So that '55' would currently represent 1955,
but in 2006 it would represent 2055.

Danny


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