On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Takuo KITAME / [ISO-2022-JP] $BKLL\(B [ISO-2022-JP] $BBsO:(B wrote:
> CR> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Takuo KITAME) writes: > RM> I'm running emacs 19.34, compiled back in Sep 1996, on Linux, Solaris and > RM> IRIX64. I haven't found a definitive answer as to whether or not it has > RM> Y2K problems. > >> > RM> Does anybody know if timezone.el is the only problem? > >> > >> for example, please try following code. > >> > >> % emacs19 -no-site-file -q > >> > >> (progn > >> (require 'timezone) > >> (timezone-parse-date "Sat, 1 Jan 00 07:00:00 JST")) > >> > >> > >> ;; then right ( Emacs-20.5 or XEmacs ) > -> ["2000" "1" "1" "07:00:00" "JST"] > > CR> Why is this right? > > CR> Well, it is neither right nor wrong. It's very nonsense to write the > CR> year 2000 as the two digits, "00". > > Humm.. it's ad-hoc fix... > Just modified MIN(1900 to 1970) and MAX(1999 to 2069) of year. > > I think that it is nonsense but better than "00 is 1900". Yes, but are there any other Emacs Y2K issues? ...RickM...
