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Old 02-09-2009, 09:38 PM   #1
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Millennium bug in clock

NOT wanting to digress from moving ahead to clams... but there may be a millennium bug in Jim's clock code. Setting the year back... 1999 or previous garbles up the year shown on the crystal...
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Old 02-09-2009, 10:25 PM   #2
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Now, see why it's only in the BetaBeta, and not the ReleaseBeta? Good catch.

Edit: OK, I fixed it so that the third digit will display properly. The first two digits are hard-coded to be "20", though, so it can't do 1999.
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Old 02-10-2009, 02:51 AM   #3
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Oh no! What about all the people running the aquarium in a Windows emulator in the year 3000?

By the way. I just woke up from a really strange dream. Jim visited me but i really dont know why. Must have been some kind of vacation.
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Old 02-10-2009, 08:16 AM   #4
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BTW is the date internationalised or does everyone get the non-US version, which would work for me (9 Feb not Feb 9)?
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Old 02-10-2009, 09:28 AM   #5
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Originally posted by Jim Sachs:
Now, see why it's only in the BetaBeta, and not the ReleaseBeta? Good catch.

Edit: OK, I fixed it so that the third digit will display properly. The first two digits are hard-coded to be "20", though, so it can't do 1999.  
You might be painting yourself into a corner if you are displaying "20" instead of reading the year. Are you reading the day-of-the-week using locale?
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Old 02-10-2009, 11:08 AM   #6
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Can it do 21?
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Old 02-10-2009, 11:28 AM   #7
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Nope. I'll have to do an update when I'm 151.
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Old 02-10-2009, 05:07 PM   #8
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LoL, Just thought: the new "MA8" by J. Sachs VII
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Old 02-10-2009, 05:14 PM   #9
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I only have one offspring, and she has no interest in computers.
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Old 02-10-2009, 06:27 PM   #10
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Thanks for the clock
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Old 02-10-2009, 07:28 PM   #11
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I see with this version the millennium bug has changed... the "20" stays while the last 2 digits are correct. You might loose some of the Amish customers that like to see 1899
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Old 02-10-2009, 08:12 PM   #12
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To much programming to hook up those two digits. They will always be "20" for the rest of my lifetime, and many years beyond.
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