Don't you think it will be simpler just to raise the base year to say 1954.
Who need a date back to 1904 at year 2032?
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>
> Aaron Ardiri write:
>
> > the designers probably wanted to use as little space as possible.
> > i am sure my Palm III will be of no use in 2000. 2Mb is not enough,
> > and i am not going to pay for the memory upgrade - so i will
> > buy another one.
> >
> > i am sure that when 3COM releases a new Palm Pilot in 2031, it
> > will have an updated ROM so it will be able to handle the dates
> > outside the current limitations.
>
> You're missing the point. Sure in 2031 we'll be using the Palm MCXVII,
> and obviously by then there will be a new ROM and a new DateType (named
> DateTypeWithForethought) which can handle dates beyond 2031. But at the
> time that switchover happens, any application which uses DateType data in
> its database will be in trouble. Not only will a new version of the
> application be required, requiring at least a simple recompilation with
> the new data type but at most lots more, but also each app will have to
> bloated by code which somehow recognizes an older database and updates it
> (a non-trivial task) to the new format. In the worst case this is an
> unmitigated disaster and one which could be (and probably was) easily
> foreseen. And, to pick a very minor point with Keith, while this problem
> does affect Mac and Windows too, neither of those operating systems was
> developed at a time when Y2K was a household word. PalmOS was.
>
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