Not that I am aware.
As near as I can remember, the problem is in having 16 bits to store the
date: 7 leftmost bits for the year, offset from 1900 and 9 bits to store
the day of the year. Those 7 bits only allow for 127 years, so 2027 is it.
One option is to change the year to have 511 days to use up all 9 bits on
the right and thus push the problem back about 24 years if we change this
coming year. We can always go back in time and change the length of the
year earlier, and thus get about 40% more days for each year.
The other option is to limit the number of days in a year to 255 and thus
get 255 years instead of 127, albeit shorter ones. But we would get about 8
times as many days using this method as opposed to longer years but only 15
years to go. I'm not too sure if the wayback machine is all that dependable
these days.
The problem with altering the format of those 16 bits is the sheer volume of
application and store data that relies on it now.
Denys
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Denys says:
>> Well, MPE still has a little over 15 years left before it dies at the
stroke of midnight on December 31, 2027.
At one time where was talk about a 'patch' to push that date further into
the future.
Has anyone pursued that effort?
Terry W. Simpkins
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