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# -*- text -*-
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AM-UTILS YEAR-2000 COMPLIANCE
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Most likely am-utils is y2k compliant.
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I do not know for sure because I have not certified am-utils myself, nor do
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I have the time for it. I do not think that amd will be affected by y2k at
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all, because it does not do anything with dates other than print the date on
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the log file, in whatever format is provided by your os/libc --- especially
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the ctime(3) call.
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However, on Friday, September 18th 1998, Matthew Crosby <mcrosby@ms.com>
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reported that they evaluated 6.0a16 and found it to be compliant.
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On March 26, 1999, Paul Balyoz <pbalyoz@sedona.ch.intel.com> submitted a
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patch to lostaltmail which makes it print Y2K compliant dates. He used a
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code scanner and manually "eyeballed" the code and could not find any more
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problems. Paul's patch is included in am-utils-6.0.1s7 and newer versions.
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Paul also said that other 2-digit years used in am-utils are "harmless."
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NOTE: NONE OF THE PERSONS MENTIONED HERE, AUTHOR INCLUDED, ARE WILLING TO
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CERTIFY AM-UTILS AS Y2K COMPLIANT. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
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---
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Erez Zadok.
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Maintainer, am-utils package and AMD-DEV list.
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Email: amd-dev-owner@majordomo.cs.columbia.edu
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WWW: http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~ezk/am-utils/
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