DBH106@psuvm.psu.edu (03/15/91)
This is a little early to talk about this, but I would like to know if there is any program out there that would allow setting dates past 2000. I have tried setting it in the past a while ago and was unable to. My Comp Sci professor told me it is possible to have a date past 2000, but it was not possible to set it past 2000. Is this true? If anyone has a program to do this, please post it. Also, an algorithm or source in any language. What is the largest date possible in a pc? Will IBM expand DOS to allow for later dates? I personally would prefer a small external command, something like DDATE, that would do it without reconfiguring the system. Again, this is a little early, but it's only 9 years away. Dan Harter Senior-Aerospace Engineering NCAA Final Round: Penn St. vs. UNLV Pennsylvania State University Penn St. 95, UNLV 93! DBH106@psuvm.psu.edu
ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) (03/15/91)
In article <91073.143037DBH106@psuvm.psu.edu> DBH106@psuvm.psu.edu writes: >This is a little early to talk about this, but I would like to know if there is >any program out there that would allow setting dates past 2000. I have tried >setting it in the past a while ago and was unable to. My Comp Sci professor >told me it is possible to have a date past 2000, but it was not possible to >set it past 2000. Is this true? If anyone has a program to do this, please : There may be a confusion here. MsDos uses 80-99 for 1980-1990, and 0-79 for 2000-2079. Try the date command, and/or whatever your PC user for updatating your real time clock. ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun
theall@rm105serve.sas.upenn.edu (George A. Theall) (03/15/91)
In article <91073.143037DBH106@psuvm.psu.edu> DBH106@psuvm.psu.edu writes: > I have tried >setting it in the past a while ago and was unable to. My Comp Sci professor >told me it is possible to have a date past 2000, but it was not possible to >set it past 2000. Huh? At least the version of DOS I'm using supports dates into the next century: D:\TEMP>ver MS-DOS Version 3.30 D:\TEMP>date Current date is Fri 3-15-1991 Enter new date (mm-dd-yy): 3-15-2001 D:\TEMP>date Current date is Thu 3-15-2001 Enter new date (mm-dd-yy): 3-15-1991 You are welcome to experiment to discover just how far into the 21st century this works. George --- theall@rm105serve.sas.upenn.edu Dept. of Economics theall@ssctemp.sas.upenn.edu Univ. of Pennsylvania gtheall@penndrls.upenn.edu Philadelphia, PA 19104