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| author | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2000-08-08 18:28:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2000-08-08 18:28:13 +0000 |
| commit | 91e74348ab129f737e0d9da75481cd4eb7414ba4 (patch) | |
| tree | b700d3ed7ddb36fb2d15c007f31f5bd0346d8418 /README.Y2K | |
| parent | 1426bbf4b7d39af0f80ec0afcb4869d2bc3f0a90 (diff) | |
| download | perl-91e74348ab129f737e0d9da75481cd4eb7414ba4.tar.gz | |
Do away with array context, from Daniel Chetlin <daniel@chetlin.com>
(either perlbug or p5p ate the original), plus regen
perlapi and perltoc.
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6553
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/README.Y2K b/README.Y2K index 378db15c11..be7ff51b68 100644 --- a/README.Y2K +++ b/README.Y2K @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Long answer: The question belies a true understanding of the localtime) supply adequate information to determine the year well beyond 2000 (2038 is when trouble strikes for 32-bit machines). The year returned by these functions - when used in an array context is the year minus 1900. For + when used in a list context is the year minus 1900. For years between 1910 and 1999 this happens to be a 2-digit decimal number. To avoid the year 2000 problem simply do not treat the year as a 2-digit number. It isn't. |