Re: Y2k compliance

Alan Modra (alan@spri.levels.unisa.edu.au)
Fri, 4 Dec 1998 09:56:12 +1030 (CST)


On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, Tigran Aivazian wrote:

> There is a:
>
> static unsigned long epoch = 1900; /* year corresponding to 0x00 */
>
> in drivers/char/rtc.c

To see the code that matters for booting an x86
grep year /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/kernel/time.c

> On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
>
> > So how does it know what century it is?

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