Re: Year 2000 Test Results

[gareth@vcn.bc.ca (Gareth Jones)]

SMITTOLA (smittola@aol.com) wrote:
: 
: I also have tried the test ( setting my IIGS clock and cal. to 2000) and have
:  mixed results: 
: 
: First, the contol panael will set the date to 2000 and up with no problem.  All
:  of my GS/OS programs accepted the date with no problem.  Manzanita's Business
:  Works (ProDOS 8, had no problem as well but it always just shows the last two
:  digits of the year anyway so it will show for example 11/8/00, for Nov. 8th
:  2000.
: 
To 2040, I believe for GS/OS. Manzanita's behaviour, however, is just what
the problem on the IBM side is. For example, lets say that you want to
calculate something that involves two years: 1999-1998 (99-98)=1 but
2000-1999 (00-99)=-99. So BusinessWorks has the problem.

: AppleWorks 3.0 will display the date as November 8, 1900, unless you manually
:  overide it, if not, it will use the 1900 date on spreadsheet reports, ect. 
:  Does anyone know for shure if the newer versions have been corrected for this
:  (4.0 - 5.1)?

Wouldn't this have to do with the clock table in ProDOS 8, rather than
AppleWorks? Updating the table every 6 years should keep it correct.

-Gareth
: 
: Any more feed back will be appreciated.
: 
: Steve Schmidt