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From: silvert@dalcs.UUCP (Bill Silvert)
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Subject: TDI Modula-2/ST DaTime problem
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Date: Thu, 14-Aug-86 07:59:05 EDT
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Has anyone figured out how DaTime works for the ST, or even IF it works
(I should think that they use it int the desktop!)?  One obvious bug is
that if you try to get the date, you set it (if you try to set it, you
also set it!), and the value seems not to relate to the value in the
buffer.  The get does not change the buffer, and with either the get or
set option the date gets changed to some unpredictable value.

After reading bammi's comments on Fdatime() in C, it appears that TDI
based the function on incorrect documentation and didn't bother to check
it -- but if the desktop uses it, they must be able to use it correctly.

Anyone know of any books or other GEM info for Modula-2 programmers out
there?  The language is great, but the TDI documentation is pretty weak.