Bug: Unconfirmed Millennium bug in clock

Ralph · 02-09-2009, 09:38 PM

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...

Jim Sachs · 02-09-2009, 10:25 PM

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.

Cobra · 02-10-2009, 02:51 AM

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.

jleslie · 02-10-2009, 08:16 AM

BTW is the date internationalised or does everyone get the non-US version, which would work for me (9 Feb not Feb 9)?

feldon34 · 02-10-2009, 09:28 AM

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?

patscarr · 02-10-2009, 11:08 AM

Can it do 21?

Jim Sachs · 02-10-2009, 11:28 AM

Nope. I'll have to do an update when I'm 151.

henemly · 02-10-2009, 05:07 PM

LoL, Just thought: the new "MA8" by J. Sachs VII

Jim Sachs · 02-10-2009, 05:14 PM

I only have one offspring, and she has no interest in computers.

theOLDone · 02-10-2009, 06:27 PM

Thanks for the clock

Ralph · 02-10-2009, 07:28 PM

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

Jim Sachs · 02-10-2009, 08:12 PM

To much programming to hook up those two digits. They will always be "20" for the rest of my lifetime, and many years beyond.

02-09-2009, 10:25 PM	#2
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,816	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. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

02-10-2009, 09:28 AM	#5
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,947	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? "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman

02-10-2009, 11:08 AM	#6
patscarr Pet Shark Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Back in Buffalo Posts: 5,460	Can it do 21? Patrick

02-10-2009, 11:28 AM	#7
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,816	Nope. I'll have to do an update when I'm 151. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

02-10-2009, 05:14 PM	#9
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,816	I only have one offspring, and she has no interest in computers. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium

02-10-2009, 02:51 AM	#3
Cobra Registered Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Germany, Bamberg Posts: 13	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.

02-10-2009, 08:16 AM	#4
jleslie Engineer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,279	BTW is the date internationalised or does everyone get the non-US version, which would work for me (9 Feb not Feb 9)?

02-10-2009, 05:07 PM	#8
henemly asdf Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hiko, CommieFagnia Posts: 278	LoL, Just thought: the new "MA8" by J. Sachs VII

02-10-2009, 06:27 PM	#10
theOLDone Registered Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: north of seattle Posts: 6	Thanks for the clock

02-10-2009, 07:28 PM	#11
Ralph Retired Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Edmonton Alberta Ca Posts: 2,454	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

02-10-2009, 08:12 PM	#12
Jim Sachs Developer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Southern Oregon Posts: 9,816	To much programming to hook up those two digits. They will always be "20" for the rest of my lifetime, and many years beyond. Jim Sachs Creator of SereneScreen Aquarium