Re: Prosel 3.8 & No-Slot Clock

[ehillman@erinet.com (Ed Hillman)]

Thanks Beverly...

I'll try all of the above.

Thanks!

Ed

On 21 Sep 1999 17:43:46 GMT, a2mg@aol.comNomail (TEXAS II -
AppleWorks) wrote:

>This is a common problem. It has nothing to do with ProSel 8 specifically, but
>it's seen in a variety of programs which calculate the day of the week. Since
>the ProDos date has only 2 digits for the year, the programmer must adjust it
>to return a 4-digit date. Usualy, 1900 is added to the YY, making the year
>1900, where January 1 was a Monday (not sure why you're getting Friday). 
>
>Then there's that other thing in the DOW calculation where if the month is Jan
>or Feb, add 12 to the month and subtract 1 from the year (hard to do if the
>year is 00). 
>
>Here's what to do: For ProSel, try setting the date to March 1 00, or any day
>after that. If the DOW is correct after March 1, 2000, then you will only have
>the problem for 2 months. Rather than updating ProSel, try to live with it.
>
>On the other hand, since you are using ProSel 8 v3.8, I recommend that you
>update to ProSel-8 v4.0 with the Y2K fix for Mr. Fixit v4.6. This can be
>downloaded at http://members.aol.com/A2MG, or I can mail you a disk. The Y2K
>fix for Mr.Fixit is very important, and you should make sure you have it before
>January 1.
>
>Each ProDos program which calculates the Day of the Week will have to be looked
>at individually. I am currently working on UltraMacros (AppleWorks 4/5.1
>version only) for this very same problem.
>
>Beverly Cadieux 
>Y2K info at http://members.aol.com/A2MG 
>