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From: rbutterworth@watmath.UUCP
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Subject: Re: bug in cal(1)
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Date: Tue, 17-Mar-87 08:17:01 EST
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Rather than messing with the input to cal, the problem with "cal 87"
could probably be solved, or at least made more obvious, if the output
was changed so that instead of displaying the year as "1987" or "87"
it displayed it as "1987 AD" or "87 AD".  It is very unlikely that
anyone would bother to add "AD" to a date and then abbreviate the
century away.

Then anyone requesting "cal 87" will get the "87 AD" and will probably
realize what he did wrong.