-=> Quoting Eef Hartman to Arun Jayaprakash <=-

 EH> Arun Jayaprakash (3:640/954) schreef aan Leonard Erickson op
 EH> 01-Mar-99 om 10:09: 
 LE> Y = year stored as an offset from 1980 (0=1980, 127=2107)
 AJ>  So after 2107, we will have a problem similar to Y2K I suppose.

 EH> It actually already will happen in 2100 as MS-Dos doesn't realize that
 EH> that year is NOT a leap year.

MS-DOS won't accept dates past Dec 31,2099. Even though the file system
can handle them.

 EH> But do you really expect MS-Dos programs
 EH> to be still around in 2100?? By then 16- and even 32-bit computers will
 EH> be found only in a museum. 

You never know. I still use an old 8-bit laptop fairly often. It works
great for notes, and gets 8-20 hours on 4 AA batteries. :-)
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