Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 19:26:03 +0100 From: "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <gelderen@mediaport.org> To: "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: <034101be417d$acdc78c0$1400000a@deskfix.local>
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From: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.ORG>
> 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.
That is not a good fix. You are assuming that people will throw the switch
when they enter the new millenium. If you talk about '99 in the year 2000,
people will assume that you are talking about 1999. Likewise, people are
more likely to enter a date one or two years in the past than 99 years in
the future...
I also think that it violates rule 2 as posted by Dan:
Rule 2 Date-based functionality must behave consistently for
dates prior to, during and after year 2000.
I think this is an extra reason for 'windowing'.
Cheers,
Jeroen
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