Whew! I am SO relieved that REBOL can handle the next millenium: >> print 2999-12-31 + 1 1-Jan-3000 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 9:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [REBOL] Weird stuff with time Re:(2) Hi Tim & Allen & all! Last Date I can set with Microsoft Calendar Control (ActiveX) is 31.12.2100 - I consider it enough for all but astrological purposes. Have you those? On Thu, 9 Mar 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >We're all earthlings here :P Maybe someone past >the orion nebula uses programs for intergalactic >journeys. I heard the aliens who crashed in Roswel, NM >had watches that registered billions of years. :P >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Whilst testing to find the upper limits of time/hour (for an up-time >> monitoring script) >> I came across these anomalies in time! >> >> Can anyone explain what is happening here? >> How come some large numbers for hours give an error and others >> return bizare numbers? >> >> x: 2000:10:12 >> == 2000:10:12 >> >> x: 200000:10:12 >> == 200000:10:12 >> >> x: 2000000:10:12 >> ** Syntax Error: Invalid time -- 2000000:10:12. >> ** Where: (line 1) x: 2000000:10:12 >> >> x: 2000000:10:12 >> ** Syntax Error: Invalid time -- 2000000:10:12. >> ** Where: (line 1) x: 2000000:10:12 >> >> x: 20000000:10:12 >> ** Syntax Error: Invalid time -- 20000000:10:12. >> ** Where: (line 1) x: 20000000:10:12 >> >> x: 200000000:10:12 >> ** Syntax Error: Invalid time -- 200000000:10:12. >> ** Where: (line 1) x: 200000000:10:12 >> >> x: 2000000000:10:12 >> ** Syntax Error: Invalid time -- 2000000000:10:12. >> ** Where: (line 1) x: 2000000000:10:12 >> >> x: 20000000000:10:12 >> == -231041:32:12 >> >> x: 200000000000:10:12 >> == 75676:02:44 >> >> x: 2000000000000:10:12 >> == -436287:32:44 >> >> x: 20000000000000:10:12 >> == 409308:53:56 Best regards: Tomi Jaskari Mobile:+358 50 330 3784 http://www.iki.fi/tmjj Helsinki Business Polytechnic
