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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 19:58:01 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Gary Lahr <lahrg@atlanta.ds.adp.com>
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Subject: Re: Year 2000 compliance
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On Tue, 27 Jan 1998, Gary Lahr wrote:

> Is FreeBSD version 2.1.0 year 2000 compliant? I searched the web site and I
> couldn't find any definite answers on the subject.

You missed the mail archives -- I've answered this several times already.

To answer the question, yes, the system should be okay since it uses
seconds since 1/1/1970 to track time, but user programs are the places you
*really* need to worry about. 

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major