[NTLK] Y2010 Fix Idea

[Jim Lee]

In OS 1.x, the date/time was stored in a 32 bit long integer.  In OS  
2.x, time is still stored in a 32 bit integer, but they commandeered  
the upper 2 bits for flags - so there are only 30 bits left to store  
the actual date/time (actually seconds since an epoch).  That's a span  
of 136 years in OS 1.x vs only 34 years in OS 2.x.

At least that's how I remember it.

-Jim

On Jan 31, 2010, at 7:01 PM, Phil Muller wrote:

> I was just wondering with all this talk of the 2010 bug again, does  
> anyone
> know why the Messagepad 110 handles 2010 dates just fine? Why would  
> they
> change the way they programmed the date code for the newer OS's?
>
> Phil Muller
>
>
>
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