| From: | Andrew Bell |
| Date: | 31 Dec 99 at 10:56:40 |
| Subject: | Re: Version String again... |
From: Andrew Bell <andrew.ab2000@bigfoot.com>
Hi Oliver,
On 30-Dec-99 you wrote: Re: [amiga-c] Re: Version String again...
>> I just tried OS3.5 version with "00" and "2000" and it works
>> perfectly. Maybe a bug in OS3.1 and down?
>
> Yes, the Version command in OS3.0 and OS3.1 shows a gibberish date
> using those years (and indeed 1999 also). As you say, it works just
> fine with the OS3.5 version.
Speaking of which, I've been doing some last minute Y2K checks myself
and have noticed that Hisoft C++ (v4.1) is at fault with Y2K. The
actual problem is associated with the C compiler symbols __DATE__ and
__DATE2__ which allow you to insert the current date into a string.
If I set my clock to 01-Jan-99 Hisoft works fine and produces:
__DATE__ = "Jan 01 1999"
__DATE2__ = "01.01.99"
but if I set my clock forward to 01-Jan-00 Hisoft gives me this:
__DATE__ = "Jan 01 19:0"
__DATE2__ = "01.01.:0"
I find this really annoying because I have lots of sources with
these symbols in it and I only bought this compiler less than 6 months
ago. I don't think Hisoft C++ is being updated anymore, my version
was last modified in 1997. :-/
I wonder how many programs on Aminet are going to fail with Y2K, I'd
say there'd be a lot, especially the older ones.
Regards, Andrew Bell.
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