Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 01:05:23 +0100 (CET)
From: Wilmer van der Gaast <lintux AT dds DOT nl>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: y2k problem and BIOS-Editor
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On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Michelle Konzack wrote:

> The Computer runs under Linux...
> 
> OK, I know DR-Dos is working very well ;-)) but my Mainboards are jumping 
> not to 1980 but 1900  ;-)) which mean the "19" is hardcoded in the Bios.
I think Linux should understand that the century is 20, and because dates
are stored as the number of seconds after 01-01-1970 00:00 GMT it can't even
handle dates in 1900. But if things don't work you can try a line like this
in rc.sysinit

date `date '+%m%d%H%M20%y'`
or
date `date '+%m%d%H%M2000'`

and update the year every year.


Greetings,

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Wilmer van der Gaast (lintux AT dds DOT nl)
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