> Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2000 18:34:09 -0800 > From: Stefan Struiker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Mersenne: The Second Mersennium Behind Us, How Now For Myriad The Third? > > Quiet Flows The List, so here is a Y10K query: > > Does the "official" Y2K retrofit cover rollover from 9999 to 10000? There is no "official" retrofit as such - but I would guess that it's a mix of yes and no - Anything just converting a number to a string will get the right date (the problem with Y2K being that 19 was presumed as a prefix, and this should no longer be the case). Anything with a 4 byte string will fall over at this stage and stick us back at the year 0. (Technically, the year "0000"). Hopefully, by then, we really *won't* be using software written in this day and age. Chances are we won't be using AD anymore, either. The next date-related problem, IIRC, is in 2034 - something to do with C/C++'s common date function overflowing. And following that, maybe some software peeps will make the same mistake of presuming "20", and 2100 will be a problem. McMac I used up all my sick days, so I'm calling in dead. _________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
