[comp.mail.elm] Bug in elm expire function

ron@vaxnix.tandy.COM (Ron Light) (01/01/89)

When sending a message, and given the option menu that allows you to
add/alter the headers, the expire dates are not correct.  If I choose the
E)xpire option, it asks how many days. If I say "10", it returns a date that
is 1 month 10 days in the future.  In the specific case, the current date
was December 31, 1988, and I ask for 10 days in the future.  It said that
the expire date was Feb. 10, 1989 which is a little more than 10 days, I
think.

Is it possible that the (internally) the month is treated as 1's oriented
instead of 0's oriented?  Is it possible that 12 + 1 = 13 - 12 = 1 = Feb?