Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 3 Dec 1998 15:26:49 +1300 | From | Chris Wedgwood <> | Subject | Re: Y2k compliance |
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On Wed, Dec 02, 1998 at 11:53:57AM +1030, Alan Modra wrote:
> Linux ignores the RTC century byte (for good reason). Before I put > this fix in, when the year wrapped to 00 Linux would read the RTC > year as 1900. So a reboot (who does that anyway?) would give a > classic Y2K time warp.
So how does it know what century it is?
-cw
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