[H-GEN] Opps Y2K Bug in Linux.

[Everist, Geoff]

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ummm...where's the bug? AFAIK, 2000 is a leap century, so that calander is
correct.

[everistg at ussmbox everistg]$ cal 2 2100
    February 2100
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
    1  2  3  4  5  6
 7  8  9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28

As you can see, 2100 is not a leap century,

Cheers
Geoff

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrae Muys [mailto:a.muys at mailbox.uq.edu.au]
> Sent: Wednesday, 24 November 1999 15:00
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> Subject: [H-GEN] Opps Y2K Bug in Linux.
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> [andrae at reynier andrae]$ cal 2 2000
>     February 2000
> Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 
>        1  2  3  4  5
>  6  7  8  9 10 11 12
> 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
> 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
> 27 28 29
>       ^^
> 
> Opps.
> 
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