FA> ** The world began in 1900...according to time.h

DN> Not quite. The actual epoch date can be anything, according to the fancy of 
DN> the vendor. You can't rely on a specific epoch date. Most compilers - 
DN> certainly all under UNIX I've ever used - use 01-Jan-1970 as their epoch. 
DN> It may differ on other platforms. Microsoft 7.0 uses 1900, but earlier and 
DN> later versions of the same compiler use 1970. AFAIK, Borland and Watcom 
DN> have always used 1970.

I think he was talking about the year being the number of years since 1900.
 Which it is on all conforming C compilers.  BFN.  Paul. 
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