= Сообщение: 5360 из 7124 ====================================== FTSC_PUBLIC = От : Maurice Kinal 1:153/7001 21 Dec 20 16:46:52 Кому : andrew clarke 21 Dec 20 16:46:52 Тема : alternative DateTime (ref: fts-0001.016) FGHI : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=1:153/7001+5fe0d17c На : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=3:633/267+5fe09a97 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: ASCII ================================== ============================================================================== Hey andrew!
ac> This is just creating busywork for the handful of developers ac> left (eg. me, occasionally) and new bugs for no benefit.
I am surprised nobody has criticised me over the year 9999 yet but perhaps they are all too distracted by backwards compatibilty rather than forwards compatibilty.
ac> In Fidonet you can safely assume that a two-digit year in any ac> message is in the range of 1984-2083, given that the network ac> began in 1984.
Actually I've brought that up before but on my systems the real problem starts on 2069 since a two digit year reports itself as 1969 which in turn will create a negative time_t;
-={ date --date="01 Jan 69" +%s }=- -31536000
Now that is scary. Mind you I will be well over 100 years old by then and unlikely to be a nodelisted Fidonet sysop, if indeed I make it that far.
ac> 0. do nothing ac> 1. modify the 1984-2083 window in their mail reader ac> 2. invent a ^A control line that has the four digit year in it
ac> #1 is easiest.
I'd bet that 0. is the most likely and I including myself in that mix.
Life is good, Maurice
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