17 Dec
2017
17 Dec
'17
10:19 p.m.
Year corrections? Don't recall that but there were a bunch of changes to handle the
insertion of leap SECONDS over the years.
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From: TUHS [mailto:tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org] On Behalf Of William Cheswick
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2017 9:10 AM
Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society
Subject: Re: [TUHS] Date madness
During my first few years in the Unix room (starting in 1988) there was what seemed like a
semiannual flurry of leap year corrections made to research unix. Apparently, there was
some aspect that kept misbehaving, with new bugs appearing at the next shift in time.
I never bothered to investigate the specifics, but it happened over several years. There
are probably some on this list who know more details.
I don’t recall this being a problem on Plan 9.
ches