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February 1998, Week 2

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Fri, 13 Feb 1998 08:47:04 -0500
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Um, ah, what about leap years (1988 is a leap year, 1998 is not)?
Ah heck, who cares about leap years anyway!


On Fri, 13 Feb 1998, Costas Anastassiades wrote:

> Witty answer #1 :
>
> The word "Patch" in this context is a verb. The whole phrase should have been followed by "or face the consequences"
>
> Witty answer #2 :
>
> You don't need it. I've come up with a cunning plan.
>
> Tomorrow morning I'm going to subtract 10 from every year on our system, set the date to February 14 1988 and start a new logging cycle :
>
> - Good for another 10 years
> - No other changes required
> - Users will get used to it in no time
>
> Costas Anastassiades,
> Athens-Greece

John
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John Korb                            email: [log in to unmask]
Innovative Software Solutions, Inc.

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