Date: Thu, 20 Nov 1997 10:35:14 -0500 (EST) From: Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net> To: James Raynard <james@jraynard.demon.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tell the world about Year 2000 Compliance Message-ID: <199711201536.KAA00935@gatekeeper.itribe.net> In-Reply-To: <199711201453.JAA00792@gatekeeper.itribe.net>
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On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, Jamie Bowden wrote: > On Thu, 20 Nov 1997, James Raynard wrote: > > > Although the problem isn't just a case of handling 1st January 2000 > > correctly - there may be programs which (wrongly!) assume 2000 is not > > a leap year. I vaguely remember hearing about some system which got > > past 1st Jan and 29th Feb 2000, only to miss out a day in the middle > > of March (OK, I think that one was a hardware bug). > > Why is it wrong to assume 2000 isn't a leap year? Last time I checked, > years ending in three 0's were not leap years by definition. > Two 0's...2000 still qualifies. Jamie Bowden Systems Administrator, iTRiBE.net If we've got to fight over grep, sign me up. But boggle can go. -Ted Faber (on Hasbro's request for removal of /usr/games/boggle)
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