Re: y2k problem with wml

[Martin Schulze <joey@finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE>]

James A. Treacy wrote:
> There is a y2k bug in the version of wml on master that has kept the
> web pages from updating in the new year. The variables $WML_GEN_ISOTIME
> and $WML_SRC_ISOTIME compute the year incorrectly. 'print STDERR
> $WML_SRC_ISOTIME' gave:
> 
> 03-01-19100 10:09:58
> 
> It is a common misconception that the year is returned as 2 digits,
> when it is given as the number of years since 1900.
> 
> I have doctored ctime.wml to check for a year > 19000 and fix it in
> this case. Since the pages compile fine at home, I suspect this has
> been fixed in a more recent version of wml (master runs slink).

Can you dig into this so we can get an updated version of wml for
the next y2k fix of slink

Regards,

	Joey


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