Re: [NTLK] 2010?

From: John Derbyshire <johnderbyshire_at_ntlworld.com>
Date: Sun Aug 27 2006 - 18:04:03 EDT

Not in my experience Paul. I've used that tactic to work around an
uncorrected Y2K bug in Diet Log that prevents the program working with
any date later than 1991 (I think). But resetting the date back to
where the Day/Date pattern works.

John

On 27 Aug 2006, at 22:49, PaulMmn wrote:

> Jon--
>
> I suppose this has been hashed and rehashed here several times,
> however...
>
> Will Newton object if I reset today's date back the 14 years or so
> that would make the calendar come out 'even?'
>
> Is this a problem with dates > 2009, or is it a one-time bug that
> will cure itself in 2011?
>
> --Paul E Musselman
> PaulMmn@ix.netcom.nospam.com
>
>
>
>> Set the date of your Newton forward to 2010, and see what happens--no,
>> don't. Or rather, if you do, make sure that you are good and well
>> backed-up, because you will be forced to do a hard reset after you do
>> this. Trust me. I've tried it myself. That's the bug.
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