AJ> Btw. we check for < 70 but shouldn't we check for < 69? AFAIK the AJ> rule is that 69-99 refers to the twentieth century. Martin> According to what standard? That's the way we handle it in glibc: /* The "Year 2000: The Millennium Rollover" paper suggests that values in the range 69-99 refer to the twentieth century. */ and glibc is standard enough for me ;-) Martin> It seems `obvious' to me that a 2-digit year specification should use Martin> a +-50 year window from the *current* date. Another possibility is to Martin> look backwards in time 67 years, forward 33 years, since people live Martin> more in the distant past than the distant future. Martin> ``Ah, yes... I remember, way back in '45, when the war was finally over...'' Martin> But I'm not seriously suggesting we implement that. Martin> Martin -- Andreas Jaeger SuSE Labs aj(a)suse.de private aj(a)arthur.rhein-neckar.de