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Date:      Wed, 19 Jan 2000 14:02:20 +0100 (CET)
From:      hohmuth@inf.tu-dresden.de
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   ports/16203: Y2K problem with leafnode+
Message-ID:  <200001191302.OAA01551@olymp.sax.de>

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>Number:         16203
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       Y2K problem with leafnode+
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Jan 19 05:10:01 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Michael Hohmuth
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE i386
>Organization:
private FreeBSD site
>Environment:

Using the leafnode+-2.9 package as of Jan 1st.

>Description:

When encountering dates specified like "18 Jan 00 22:11:35", leafnode+
assumes the date refers to year 1900, not 2000.  This can lead to
news articles being missed out.

>How-To-Repeat:

root(hohmuth)@olymp:~# /usr/local/sbin/fetchnews 
107880 is posted more than 1003 days ago: 16 Jan 00 20:30
108525 is posted more than 1003 days ago: 18 Jan 00 22:11:35 
108526 is posted more than 1003 days ago: 18 Jan 00 22:13:09 
108527 is posted more than 1003 days ago: 18 Jan 00 22:15:44 

>Fix:
	
	


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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