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From: bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Wanted: HyperCard International z1.2.2
Message-ID: <9632@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 27 Jul 89 18:32:02 GMT
Reply-To: bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig)
Organization: Systems Engineering, NASA Space Station Freedom Project
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In last December's issue of _Windoid_, Apple's HyperCard User Group newsletter,
the following note is given:

"NOTE: Developers who plan to license and ship HyperCard with their products
outside the United States should use version z1.2.2, which contains a special
resource for handling non-U.S. date, currency, and other number formats."

My question is: Where can I get this 'special resource'?

Through some clever manipulations with ResEdit, I have changed the way my
system displays dates to a form that better suits me (such as 7/27/89 being
changed to 1989-7-27, and July 27, 1989 being changed to 27 July 1989).
Problem is, HyperCard misinterprets these dates, telling me that there are
some 40,000-odd days between 1 Jan 1989 and 31 March 1989.  Needless to say,
this renders useless any stacks that do any date calculations.

I'd like to get my hands on this resource.  Where can I get it?  Why isn't it
distributed with the American release of HyperCard 1.2.2?  Is it the same
throughout Europe, or different for each country (although I don't see why
it would be...)?

Thanks for any help anyone may provide.

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