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Subject: bin/7982: date y2k problem
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>Number:         7982
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       Default format for /bin/date to set date has 2 year digits
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Sep 18 15:10:00 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Nathan Torkington
>Organization:
Antipodeans, Unlimited.
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE i386
>Environment:

	2.2.7-RELEASE

>Description:

	When you set the date with /bin/date, it uses a default format
	to parse your date string that only has two year digits.  This
	smells like a y2k problem.

>How-To-Repeat:

	Set the date.  :-)

>Fix:

	Here's my drug-addled suggestion:	
	Change the default logic.  If you have 8 or fewer digits for
	the date (before the optional period and seconds value) then
	nothing needs to change.  If you have 10, then it's a two-digit
	year and you'll have to decide on an interpretation (19xx or some
	hybrid based on the two digits).  If you have 12, then it's a
	four-digit year and no interpretation is required.
	

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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