Thanks - have added a note about these to the NetBSD y2k page

		David/absolute

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On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Hank wrote:

> 
> I was just reading http://www.netbsd.org/Misc/y2k.html, and thought I'd
> point out that y2k doen'st involve only the 1999to 2000 rollover.  I don't
> think this would be a problem with netBSD, but I think the page should be
> modified to include two other y2k issues:
> 
> september 9th, 1999.  someprogramers used 9-9-99 as an unreachable end
> condition, but in fact it is a valid date.
> 
> febuary 29th 2000, the first leap year.  (or the last leap year of this
> century if you want to get too technical) which some incorrect algorythms
> do not correctly handle.
> 
> Both of these problems are very real and common in the mainframe
> enviroment I'm most fameriar with.  I don't currently have a netbsd system
> to try them on myself, and in any case I'd expect them to effect userland
> programs more then the core of netbsd.  Still anyone who is concerned
> about y2k should also be concerned about those two dates.
> 
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