Re: [MacPerl] 1900-2000 problem.

[Paul DuBois <paul@snake.net>]

>Just a small question.
>Is it possible to ask MacPerl to give 4 figures rather than two when Im asking
>for the year?
>Now Im doing like this:
>
> @date = localtime;
>        $date[5] +=1900; # Add 1900 to the year....
>
>This is of course not so good when we pass year 2000....

You say "of course," but why?  What will break?  In the year 2000,
$date[5] will be 100, not 0.  You can verify this for yourself by
temporarily setting your clock ahead and running your test script.

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Paul DuBois
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