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    From Alan B@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 14 09:03:51 2025
    Having nothing better to do (how sad!) I installed OpenDoc 1.2.1 and
    CyberDog 2 on my Mac OS 9 emulator (SheepShaver). Although I was able
    to post a test message the posting date showed the year as 0125. I'm
    wondering if this is some kind of Millenium related bug in OpenDoc
    and/or CyberDog.

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    Cheers, Alan

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  • From Liz Tuddenham@21:1/5 to Alan B on Mon Apr 14 10:57:40 2025
    Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:

    Having nothing better to do (how sad!) I installed OpenDoc 1.2.1 and
    CyberDog 2 on my Mac OS 9 emulator (SheepShaver). Although I was able
    to post a test message the posting date showed the year as 0125. I'm wondering if this is some kind of Millenium related bug in OpenDoc
    and/or CyberDog.

    It might not be relevant to your problem but there was a patch for
    Claris Emailer in the early 2000s, which re-set the date range. I must
    have a copy somewhere, but can't immediately find it.


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  • From Alan B@21:1/5 to Liz Tuddenham on Mon Apr 14 14:36:33 2025
    On 2025-04-14, Liz Tuddenham <liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote:
    Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:

    Having nothing better to do (how sad!) I installed OpenDoc 1.2.1 and
    CyberDog 2 on my Mac OS 9 emulator (SheepShaver). Although I was able
    to post a test message the posting date showed the year as 0125. I'm
    wondering if this is some kind of Millenium related bug in OpenDoc
    and/or CyberDog.

    It might not be relevant to your problem but there was a patch for
    Claris Emailer in the early 2000s, which re-set the date range. I must
    have a copy somewhere, but can't immediately find it.

    I've found a Y2K patch for CyberDog and applied it - seems to have
    worked. My next task is to get the complete set of E-S newsgroups to
    download. I have setup my username and password in CyberDog settings
    but no joy. I can download sets from other News servers I have
    accounts on though.

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    Cheers, Alan

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  • From Alan B@21:1/5 to Chris Ridd on Tue Apr 15 17:57:51 2025
    On 2025-04-15, Chris Ridd <chrisridd@mac.com> wrote:
    On 14/04/2025 10:03, Alan B wrote:
    Having nothing better to do (how sad!) I installed OpenDoc 1.2.1 and
    CyberDog 2 on my Mac OS 9 emulator (SheepShaver). Although I was able
    to post a test message the posting date showed the year as 0125. I'm
    wondering if this is some kind of Millenium related bug in OpenDoc
    and/or CyberDog.

    Classic MacOS had an epoch starting in 1900, IIRC. 1900 + 125 = 2025.
    Clearly before 2000, you could just print the date without bothering
    with the epoch, and get away with it.

    Yes obviously I had forgotten that - thanks. The Y2K patch I mentioned
    more recently did the trick though :)

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    Cheers, Alan

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  • From Chris Ridd@21:1/5 to Alan B on Tue Apr 15 18:35:40 2025
    On 14/04/2025 10:03, Alan B wrote:
    Having nothing better to do (how sad!) I installed OpenDoc 1.2.1 and
    CyberDog 2 on my Mac OS 9 emulator (SheepShaver). Although I was able
    to post a test message the posting date showed the year as 0125. I'm wondering if this is some kind of Millenium related bug in OpenDoc
    and/or CyberDog.

    Classic MacOS had an epoch starting in 1900, IIRC. 1900 + 125 = 2025.
    Clearly before 2000, you could just print the date without bothering
    with the epoch, and get away with it.

    --
    Chris

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