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Date:      Mon, 18 Oct 1999 12:56:01 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To:        pradesh.chanderpaul@iname.com
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Y2K concern for at command 
Message-ID:  <8024.940244161@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 18 Oct 1999 03:17:03 -0400." <1D1A4EF7AD4DD211A80D00A0C9D7DB667E6841@exna1.stratus.com> 

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On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 03:17:03 -0400, "Chanderpaul, Pradesh" wrote:

> Reading the man pages for the 'at' command, I notice that year format
> is displayed as YY (as opposed to YYYY). I wonder how someone will
> enter an at command to run past the 31 Dec 1999 date. Also how would
> the FreeBSD handle it.

cvs log parse parsetime.c:
----------------------------
revision 1.12
date: 1998/05/05 01:53:15;  author: alex;  state: Exp;  lines: +17 -1
Permit double digit year values to be used in the next millenium.
----------------------------
revision 1.7.2.2
date: 1998/07/04 17:03:36;  author: alex;  state: Exp;  lines: +17 -1
MFC (rev 1.12): Permit double digit year values to be used in the next
millenium.
----------------------------

So you should be able to do this:

	echo echo Welcome to a new era | at "0000 01/01/01" 

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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