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to: Peter Baetz
from: andrew clarke
date: 1997-05-17 23:20:48
subject: arvd-date-Problem

24 Apr 97 18:39, andrew clarke (3:635/728.4{at}fidonet) wrote to Peter Baetz:

 >> If a message have the rcv flag, then the arvd. date is 22 Oct 01
 >> Without this flag the arvd. date is ok.

 > Reproduced in Msged 4.2 beta 2.  I'm not sure what the problem is yet, 
 > but I can almost guarantee it will be fixed in the beta 3 release.

The bug was in the char_to_time_t() function in FIDO.C.  It was supposed to
convert the raw arrival datetime field (an array of char) to a time_t
value, which Msged uses to display the date.  I say supposed to - I don't
think it ever worked properly.  Until now.  :-)

-- randy{at}zws.com

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