Hi Geraldo, > talking about date > what will happen to freedos(kernel stuff?) at 2038? > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
DOS has another date handling scheme, it counts 128 years starting at 1980, so we have enough time :-). But note that many DOS programs also decide to use other methods of counting, including "2 digit year" or of course such schemes which involve year 2038. FreeDOS already does contain a workaround for BIOS year 2000 issues when they are obvious (in the get time at boot routine) but it does not take a big effort to catch all / obscure year 2000 bugs here. Eric PS: RBIL says that year must be < 2100, I guess this means that MS DOS did not implement leap years fully. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
