Re: [REPOST] y2k fix for mutt

2000-01-12 Thread John Franklin
On Wed, Jan 12, 2000 at 09:28:11AM +, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: > John Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > At least on my system, time_t is signed. Sometime in January 2038 it > > flips back to sometime in January 1901. I think that's the common > > implementation. > > I assume you mean

Re: [REPOST] y2k fix for mutt

2000-01-12 Thread Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS
John Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > At least on my system, time_t is signed. Sometime in January 2038 it > flips back to sometime in January 1901. I think that's the common > implementation. I assume you mean December 1901. I've heard about this signed implementation, but never seen it in p

Re: [REPOST] y2k fix for mutt

2000-01-11 Thread John Franklin
On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 04:51:01PM -0800, David Good wrote: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at 01:45:23PM -0800, Michael Elkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 06, 2000 at 12:49:26PM +, Lars Hecking wrote: > > > I'm not sure about the if (tm.tm_year < 70) part. According the UNIX98 > > >

Re: [REPOST] y2k fix for mutt

2000-01-11 Thread David Good
On Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at 01:45:23PM -0800, Michael Elkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 06, 2000 at 12:49:26PM +, Lars Hecking wrote: > > I'm not sure about the if (tm.tm_year < 70) part. According the UNIX98 > > specification by The Open Group, which has been adopted by all majo

Re: [REPOST] y2k fix for mutt

2000-01-10 Thread Michael Elkins
On Thu, Jan 06, 2000 at 12:49:26PM +, Lars Hecking wrote: > I'm not sure about the if (tm.tm_year < 70) part. According the UNIX98 > specification by The Open Group, which has been adopted by all major > Unix vendors, two-digit years 69-99 refer to the 20th century (19xx), > and 00-68 re

Re: [REPOST] y2k fix for mutt

2000-01-06 Thread Lars Hecking
Thomas Roessler writes: > [Given that there have been several people asking for this recently, > I'm reposting this message. I guess I should start to release > 1.0.1...] > > Mutt as a small y2k problem on the receiving end. While mutt works > just fine with four-digit year numbers, RFC 822 or

[REPOST] y2k fix for mutt

2000-01-06 Thread Thomas Roessler
[Given that there have been several people asking for this recently, I'm reposting this message. I guess I should start to release 1.0.1...] Mutt as a small y2k problem on the receiving end. While mutt works just fine with four-digit year numbers, RFC 822 originally specifies two-digit year nu