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Article #147Re: Hard coded dates (was Re: FORTRAN Greetings
From: Leonard Erickson
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1990 04:19
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1990 04:19
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sa...@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Sam Bassett RCD) writes: > The DTK BIOS in my Taiwanese clone handles 1999 correctly, but >refuses to accept 2999 -- I didn't do an exhaustive check, but 2059 does >work correctly -- I guess I'm safe . . . Well, since MS-DOS "dies" at 23:59:59 on 31 December, 2099. I wouldn't worry if your clone won't go past that. (Actually, the system used for storing dates could go up to 2107, but they chopped it there so they didn't have to deal with 2100 *not* being a leap year) -- Leonard Erickson ...!tektronix!reed!percival!bucket!leonard CIS: [70465,203] "I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters." -- Solomon Short
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!psueea!parsely!bucket!leonard From: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Hard coded dates (was Re: FORTRAN Greetings Message-ID: <1887@bucket.UUCP> Date: 3 Jan 90 04:19:16 GMT References: <1977@dover.sps.mot.com> <4375@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> Organization: Rick's Home-Grown UNIX; Portland, OR. Lines: 15 Posted: Wed Jan 3 05:19:16 1990 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit