| From: | Yves Grabowsky |
| Date: | 30 Dec 99 at 19:41:31 |
| Subject: | Re: Version String again... |
From: YvesGrabowsky@t-online.de (Yves Grabowsky)
Hello amiga-c@onelist.com,
On 27-Dez-99 you wrote the following about [amiga-c] Version String again...:
> From: amiga-c@onelist.com
>
> Hi Guys,
>
>> Yes, there is a Y2K problem with the "Version" command. As I wrote, it
>> adds 1900+<year number> to calculate the actual year number. Thus, "00" would
>> be just as wrong as "2000", see?
>
> So version prints a garbage date if <year> is set to either 00 or 2000.
> Someone has already pointed out that setting the year to 100 works as a
> temporary fix. (Version seems to parse the date correctly, and at least the
> day and month values match what they are in the version string!)
>
> Would someone like to comment the likelihood of this method working with
> future versions of version?
I just tried OS3.5 version with "00" and "2000" and it works perfectly. Maybe a
bug in OS3.1 and down?
>
> All the best,
Cu,