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SubjectY2K checked (Re: *** Draft 6 - Press Release ***)
Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> > [Related - does Linux work around BIOSes and/or hardware clocks that
> > don't roll over the century at Y2K? It will be bad if lots of PCs
> > are powered down on Dec 31st, powered up on Jan 1st, and the Linux ones
> > are the ones reporting Jan 01, 1900 while the MS ones get the time right].
>
> It does, as of kernel 1.3.x I think.

Checked and confirmed. All architectures either read only two digits of
their hardware clocks and map to 1970..2069, or don't need the hack.

-- Jamie

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