From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Jan 5 20:00:07 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA06670 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 20:00:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA06662 for ; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 20:00:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.5) id UAA19301; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 20:00:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from istari.home.net (cc158233-a.catv1.md.home.com [24.3.25.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA06587 for ; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 19:59:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sjr@home.net) Received: (from sjr@localhost) by istari.home.net (8.9.1/8.8.6) id WAA19716; Tue, 5 Jan 1999 22:59:24 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199901060359.WAA19716@istari.home.net> Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 22:59:24 -0500 (EST) From: sjr@home.net Reply-To: sjr@home.net To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 Subject: docs/9340: Addition for Y2K page Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >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 and gnu/8321
groff tmac macros have hardcoded 19 for generating some dates.
+ +
bin/9323
+
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.
+

Problematic applications

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