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Re: almanac intrinsic & y2k
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Travis Howerton <[log in to unmask]>
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Travis Howerton <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 1 Dec 1999 12:03:08 -0800
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bits 0:7 of the return value of calendar will be
100 in year 2000, 101 in year 2001.
So, for CALENDAR,  it should read
"year since 1900".

-Travis

( I remember testing that very issue this summer while we had the clock
set forward on one of our MPE machines. 5.5, PP4 )


----- Original Message -----
> The documentation for both the calendar and the almanac intrinsic say
the
> year part is the year of the century. Is this REALLY REALLY correct or
is it
> actually the year since 1900?
>
> Thanks, Lane

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