-=> Quoting mark lewis to Mike Tripp on 17 May 09  17:48:44 <=-

 MT> Found it and perused it.  The byte sequences are found in a couple
 MT> of .BATs in the archive, but not in my EXEs (yet - looks like they
 MT> are PKLITEd). 
 ml> yeah, i don't recall if i had to expand the exes that i worked with or
 ml> not... i seem to recall that the native os/2 version was not but that
 ml> was so long ago when i toyed aroud with it... the patch's author may
 ml> be around in here... i dunno... i'll leave it up to them to raise
 ml> their head above the battlements and make themselves known ;) 

If you are talking about Richard's patch, he didn't do anything with
os/2, not having it available here.  But, as I recall, what he did do
should have been usable against any of the BW products to fix the
grunged dates.  He's off at a meeting at the moment... but if there's
specific questions, I could ask him later and get to back to people.

 MT> Do you know if a patched door obviates the need for the patched
 MT> readers?  If not, I'm stuck with my current fix anyhow.
 ml> actually, no... if the reader creates bad dates which goofs up the To:
 ml> field, these patches won't do anything to fix that as these patches
 ml> are only for the C time/date library routines... 

IIRC, though, it only makes a mess visually, not corrupting other
stuff...?  At least in the local message areas.  The patched reader is
in the ZIP too, though, and it could be recommended to users...

ttyl     neb

... Sometimes it takes a fool to rush in to get the job done.
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