Stewart Honsberger wrote in a message to Dave Hamilton:
DH> This is a good component of writing software that lasts longer than
DH> a thousand years, but suppose I have 'Century 2000' in my configs when
DH> the rollover happens. How will Max interpret existing files dated
DH> 02/25/97? Wouldn't it think it was 2097? There needs to be some
DH> cutoff line where dates higher than the specified number are
DH> considered to be from the previous century.
SH> But then again, there are more problems you have to deal with,
SH> you'd have to set it for lower than 50 or so, but then again,
SH> there are people who are born pre-1950, so there's a problem, so
SH> you'd have to set it for about 20
How about between 80 and 99? Very few people born between 1880/1899 will be
using modems, and I believe no files are dated BEFORE 1980. That would give
Scott another 77-79 years before he'd have to make any further changes,
something I don't expect to see him doing :-)
Cya..
Dave
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