Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 10:06:03 -0500 (EST) From: Uncle Flatline <flatline@pchb1f.gallaudet.edu> To: "Brian J. McGovern" <mcgovern@spoon.beta.com> Cc: robl@phoebe.accinet.net, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Year 2000 compliance statement? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980206100104.3710A-100000@pchb1f.gallaudet.edu> In-Reply-To: <199802061335.IAA17390@spoon.beta.com>
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On Fri, 6 Feb 1998, Brian J. McGovern wrote: > To be honest, I can't remember an OS (and i'm sure someone is about to > correct me) that WASNT Year 2K compliant. Just curious: How did MS-DOS store it's date? Personally, I always liked the DECsystem-10's date scheme -- Day 0 was something like November 17, 1858, which was supposedly chosen because several planets were in alignment that day, and there were a set of photographic plates taken that day. I think they called it Smithsonian Astronomical Date Time. That and a 36-bit word size made for some interesting moments. 7-bit ASCII: 5 bytes to a word and "a little bit left over" ;-) We now return to your regularly scheduled discussion, already in progress. -- Kevin Cole <Flatline> | E-mail: flatline@pchb1f.gallaudet.edu Gallaudet Research Institute | WWW: http://pchb1f.gallaudet.edu/ Hall Memorial Bldg S-419 | Voice: (202) 651-5135 Washington, D.C. 20002-3695 | FAX: (202) 651-5746
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