Y2K

[Derek Atkins]

linas at linas.org (Linas Vepstas) writes:

> On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 07:27:05PM -0500, Derek Atkins was heard to remark:
>> 
>> It depends on your locale.  Whatever is printed in the register
>> is the format you need to use.  Based on what you've said, the locale
>> requires MM/DD/YY.  When you enter in 4/1/2004 it gets truncated
>> by the locale to 4/1/20 (since it's looking for a 2-digit year).
>
> :-(  It used to work fine with 4-digit dates ... 

It hasn't in a long time; I'm not sure when it changed...
If your locale uses 4-digit dates then it will use them.

> --linas

-derek

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