Re: [Activetcl] FW: highest allowed clock value?
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Re: [Activetcl] FW: highest allowed clock value?
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Re: [Activetcl] FW: highest allowed clock value?
Or, perhaps we should start remediation now - so we're not pinched like
we were with Y2K...
-----Original Message-----
From: Perez, Aaron P. [mailto:Aaron.Perez@[...].com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 5:42 PM
To: Kevin Kenny
Cc: Jeff Hobbs; Andreas Kupries; Activetcl@activestate.com; ML
Subject: Re: [Activetcl] FW: highest allowed clock value?
Actually, that a Y100K problem.
Hopefully, we'll have a fix during the next 97990+ years.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Kenny [mailto:kevin.b.kenny@[...].com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 3:38 PM
To: Perez, Aaron P.
Cc: Andreas Kupries; Wunderlich, Thomas; Jeff Hobbs; Activetcl ML
Subject: Re: [Activetcl] FW: highest allowed clock value?
Perez, Aaron P. wrote:
> Here's what I found just playing around with [clock scan [clock
format]].
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> Running various numbers through I maxed out at
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> clock scan [clock format 3093528009599]
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> If, however, I put in 3093528009600 I get
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> unable to convert date-time string "Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 PST 100000"
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> I then ran clock format 3093528009599 by itself and get the date-time
> string above 01/01/100000 @ 00:00:00.
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> So it looks like some clock options don't take the same data width as
> others.
Yes, [clock scan] has a Y10K problem. I'm planning to let posterity
worry about that one.
Kevin
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