ml>>> doable... but i'm not aware of the problem with dec 31,
 ml>>> 2107... other than it being the last one before 2108
 ml>>> rolls around...

 LE>> Simple. The year field in a DOS file date is seven bits. the
 LE>> value stored there is stored as an *unsigned* 7 bit integer
 LE>> offset from 1980.

 ml>> ahhh, yes... this is restricted to FAT12 and FAT16 formatted file
 ml>> systems, correct?

 LE> I'm not sure as I don't have docs for FAT-32. But I seriously
 LE> doubt that *DOS* can deal with it if FAT-32 has changed that
 LE> field.

well, DOS 6.22 and less can't read FAT32 without an external driver loading
via config.sys, anyway... that DOS thing that comes with win9x should be
able to handle it, though... yes, i am remembering what was recently stated
about m$ just not supporting 2100+...

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