TIP: Click on subject to list as thread! ANSI
echo: 80xxx
to: SAM IZZO
from: JASEN BETTS
date: 1998-01-29 17:02:00
subject: Year2000 problem

SI> program again, and DOS still reported 2000.  How did DOS get the year a
SI> when in the CMOS it said 00?? Oh, and the CMOS setup said 2000.
SI> 
SI> It would seem, then, that most PCs, even up to this day, have a problem
SI> course, I could be completely wrong. Can anyone shed some light on all 
if the year is less than 70 (or something) dos treats it as a year
after 2000 if it's otherwise it treats it as a year before 2000,
simple really. it seems your bios setup guesses the wrong day, but
that's not really a problem as the DOS knows the score...
                        
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