bruce@sonyd1.Broadcast.Sony.COM (Bruce Lilly) (12/05/90)
In article <36499@cup.portal.com> thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes: > >Already, in 1990, I'm seeing UNIX systems whose "date" program permits the >specification of a 4-digit year; this will be ALL that's required to re-invent >for the 3B1 sometime during the next 10 years. If you'll note (by typing date) >, >the present ctime() already produces a 4-digit year, so there's no problem >there. FYI, I just tried putting in a "00" year in a date command -- it's interpreted as 1970. date(1) obviously needs to be rewritten. I'll start work on it right away. -- Bruce Lilly, Product Manager, | bruce@Broadcast.Sony.COM Digital Television Tape Recording, | uunet!{sonyusa,vmp}!sonyd1!bruce Sony, 3 Paragon Drive, Montvale, | lilb@sony.compuserve.com (slow) NJ 07645-1735 | Telephone: 1(201)358-4161 | FAX: 1(201)358-4089
rjg@sialis.mn.org (Robert J. Granvin) (12/06/90)
In article <1990Dec4.180218.3342@sonyd1.Broadcast.Sony.COM> bruce@sonyd1.Broadcast.Sony.COM (Bruce Lilly) writes: |In article <36499@cup.portal.com> thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes: |> |>Already, in 1990, I'm seeing UNIX systems whose "date" program permits the |>specification of a 4-digit year; this will be ALL that's required to re-invent |>for the 3B1 sometime during the next 10 years. If you'll note (by typing date) |>, |>the present ctime() already produces a 4-digit year, so there's no problem |>there. | |FYI, I just tried putting in a "00" year in a date command -- |it's interpreted as 1970. date(1) obviously needs to be |rewritten. I'll start work on it right away. You've only got nine years to get it written, tested and distributed. Of course, that's probably just enough if you want to Milspec it. :-) -- Robert J. Granvin \\\\\\\\ rjg@sialis.mn.org : INTERNET University of Minnesota \\\ ...uunet!rosevax!sialis!rjg : UUCP School of Statistics \\\\\\\ rjg%sialis.mn.org@nic.mr.net : BITNET "A witty saying proves nothing." -Voltaire