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Date:      Tue, 5 Jan 1999 22:59:24 -0500 (EST)
From:      sjr@home.net
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   docs/9340: Addition for Y2K page
Message-ID:  <199901060359.WAA19716@istari.home.net>

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>Number:         9340
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Addition for Y2K page
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jan  5 20:00:00 PST 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Stephen J. Roznowski
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
>Environment:

	

>Description:

	The following Y2K related bug was submitted. This patch
	updates the Y2K page with this information.

>How-To-Repeat:

	

>Fix:
	
--- www/en/y2kbug.sgml.orig	Tue Dec 15 07:40:57 1998
+++ www/en/y2kbug.sgml	Tue Jan  5 22:54:41 1999
@@ -101,6 +101,13 @@
 	  href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=4930">gnu/4930</a>; and
 	  <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=8321">gnu/8321</a></dt>;
       <dd>groff tmac macros have hardcoded 19 for generating some dates.</dd>
+
+      <dt><a
+	  href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=9323">bin/9323</a></dt>;
+      <dd>In its obsolescent form, touch doesn't treat the two digit year
+	year specification correctly. Years in the range 00-68 are treated
+	as 1900-1968 instead of 2000-2068.</dd>
+
     </dl>
     
     <h2>Problematic applications</h2>
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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