Probably based on Unix... ;-)
Bob S
On Nov 7, 2022, at 06:55 , Martin Koob via use-livecode
mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> wrote:
Not sure what Window is doing that it is only going to work till 3000. Maybe
MicroSoft have decided to EOL Windows then and have plans to release a
Interesting... On my Outlook the received date is used to sort emails but on
my phone the "date" field in the header is used for both sorting and
displaying in the list. So on my phone this email will be at the top until
31 Dec 2034.
This just reinforces that the interpretation of internet mail
The results on Windows may also depend upon whether you built a 32 bit
standalone or a 64 bit standalone? Or using the 32 or 64 bit version of
whatever release of Livecode is being used.
On 11/7/2022 9:55 AM, Martin Koob via use-livecode wrote:
Hi
This thread reminded me of some sci-fi show
Hi
This thread reminded me of some sci-fi show show I was watching which
referenced the collapse of society on earth caused by a bug around 2035 or
something like that where the computers could not process dates beyond that.
I thought this is just a off hand reference to something Y2K.
But
Thanks for the quick responses. In this case I did indeed use a 4 digit year as
initial input (always), but still managed to shoot myself with a second
conversion step.
Converted my nicely formed input text to dateitems -- all good. Did my addition
for renewal days to item 3. Check. Then I
Had to test this out of curiosity. Indeed, when using 2-digit year, that is the
result, as expected and explained in the dictionary entry for centuryCutoff.
But how far does the 4-digit conversion work? Here’s what I’ve found:
- On Windows 10, it works until year 3000, and stops working on year
That's the centuryCutoff in action, but I think something is amiss since
it's only supposed to apply to 2-digit years and you supply a 4-digit year.
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On November 6, 2022 8:28:34 PM Mark Clark
That's the centuryCutoff property in action, but it's only supposed to
apply to 2-digit years. So I think something is amiss since you supply a
4-digit year.
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Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
On November 6, 2022 8:28:34 PM
