Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 3 Dec 1998 10:30:44 -0500 (EST) | From | Gregory Maxwell <> | Subject | Re: Y2k compliance |
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On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 02, 1998 at 11:53:57AM +1030, Alan Modra wrote: > > > Linux ignores the RTC century byte (for good reason). Before I put > > this fix in, when the year wrapped to 00 Linux would read the RTC > > year as 1900. So a reboot (who does that anyway?) would give a > > classic Y2K time warp. > > So how does it know what century it is?
If the right part of the year is less then z it's 20xx if it's greater it's 19xx
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