warning: `%y' yields only last 2 digits of year

Wed Mar 13 01:30:00 GMT 2002

dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) writes:

|> <<Hm, it probably should be modified to check if "%y" is preceded by
|> "19", which would be clearly a bug.
|> >>
|> 
|> Well I would not say that is a bug, for example if you are using sliding
|> windows for handling Y2K, it is perfectly reasonable that in one branch
|> you have 19%y and in the other 20%y.

Which is still wrong since years can span more than just 1900 - 2099.
What's wrong with using %Y in the first place?

Andreas.

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