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From: rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: Setting a 2000 year date *HELP*
Message-ID: <3385.27947699@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>
Date: 16 Jan 91 20:51:53 GMT
References: <17750004@hpgnd.grenoble.hp.com> <17750005@hpgnd.grenoble.hp.com> <2808@atari.UUCP>
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In article <2808@atari.UUCP>, apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) writes:
> I have just done some research on the clock handling, and I think
> you're  right: if you don't have a clock chip in your system (i.e. not
> a Mega ST or Mega STe or TT) then the keyboard clock is regarded as the
> most correct one, and it uses the "last two digits of the year" method
> of keeping time.  This is too bad.  If you have a clock chip, either

I remember reading something about this awhile ago. But form what I 
remember, the way it was supposed to work was that any number less than 85 
was supposed to be 20xx (i.e. 2084) and any number between 85 and 99 to be 
19xx. (the number being the two digits from the keyboard regarding year.) 
But TOS would be able to figure out the correct date, maybe the code has 
changed from 1.0 - 1.62 somewhere along the line?

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