From: Geoff Bull <gbull@acenet.com.au>
Subject: Re: Ada Calendar oddity <was Re: C date package>
Date: 2000/05/19
Date: 2000-05-19T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3924B35E.DC0C9CDF@acenet.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 39230A82.CFA6E18D@earthlink.net
"Robert I. Eachus" wrote:
>
> Robert A Duff wrote:
>
> > The reason for the range 1901..2099 is that leap year calculations are
> > simpler (and more efficient) in this range -- in this range, all years
> > divisible by 4 are leap years (including 2000). 1900 and 2100 are not
> > leap years.
>
> True, but that was the reason it was that way in Ada 83, when
> avoiding the Y2K bug was a big deal.
It was that kind of narrow (focussed on one problem) thinking
that led to the y2k bug!
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[not found] <l0313030eb53d1408aee7@[144.205.16.58]>
2000-05-09 0:00 ` C date package Geoff Bull
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
2000-05-09 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Ada Calendar oddity <was Re: C date package> Preben Randhol
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Preben Randhol
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-05-11 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
2000-05-11 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-05-12 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
2000-05-17 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-05-19 0:00 ` Geoff Bull [this message]
2000-05-19 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-05-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
2000-05-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
[not found] ` <392869F0.D88F056A@acenet.com.au>
2000-05-22 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
2000-05-27 0:00 ` Reinert Korsnes
2000-05-27 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
2000-06-03 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
2000-05-11 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
2000-05-11 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-05-12 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
2000-05-12 0:00 ` Gautier
2000-05-11 0:00 ` Al Christians
2000-05-11 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-05-11 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
2000-05-12 0:00 ` Charles Hixson
2000-05-12 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
2000-05-10 0:00 ` C date package Ken Garlington
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
2000-05-10 0:00 ` Geoff Bull
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