Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 21:49:30 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: date(1) Message-ID: <199708102049.VAA21847@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 01 Aug 1997 00:21:33 EDT." <Pine.GSO.3.96.970801001000.4831A-100000@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca>
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> Of course, in the interest of script-portability, we should not
> extend date(1) at all. Anyone trying to enter the century should
> get an error. This is the whole purpose of Posix, to increase
> portability. By creating extensions to it, we defeat the whole
> purpose just for the sake of creating a better operating system.
Well, I've done the other changes (they only take effect if you use
the new flags). Is the general concensus that we should leave out
the century ? It's no loss if we leave it out as allowable dates
are between 1980 & early 2038.... until a time_t gets bigger in which
case the 2038 bits in localtime.c will have to be fixed.
> --
> Outnumbered? Maybe. Outspoken? Never!
> tIM...HOEk
>
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Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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