Re: Y2K Prodos or GS/OS Patch

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a2mg@aol.comNomail (TEXAS II - AppleWorks) wrote:

>> Since 1991, ProDOS dates have been well defined, and they cover 1940 to
2039.
>
>Unfortunately, most Apple II software was written before 1991, and was never
>changed to comply with the new rules. Even those written later didn't get the
>message. Did you think that all pre-1991 programs would somehow get updated?

Agreed.  The problem with ProDOS 8 software should be given
serious consideration.

>I have never seen a directory listing of files which differentiated between
>pre-40 and post-40 years. A few of them say [Nodate] because the programmer
>errored out the Year 00 (this is easily fixed), but nobody, except possibly
>GS/OS apps, implemented the 39/40 instruction in a directory listing of files.

GS/OS apps are different because they rely exclusively on the
System Software tools and GS/OS itself to interpret the date.
That's why even an early GS program like AppleWorks GS that
was last updated in 1989 gets it right.  It gets it right because
System 6.0.1 gets it right.