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1*a53f50b9Schristos		       AM-UTILS YEAR-2000 COMPLIANCE
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3*a53f50b9SchristosMost likely am-utils is y2k compliant.
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5*a53f50b9SchristosI do not know for sure because I have not certified am-utils myself, nor do
6*a53f50b9SchristosI have the time for it.  I do not think that amd will be affected by y2k at
7*a53f50b9Schristosall, because it does not do anything with dates other than print the date on
8*a53f50b9Schristosthe log file, in whatever format is provided by your os/libc --- especially
9*a53f50b9Schristosthe ctime(3) call.
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11*a53f50b9SchristosHowever, on Friday, September 18th 1998, Matthew Crosby <mcrosby AT ms.com>
12*a53f50b9Schristosreported that they evaluated 6.0a16 and found it to be compliant.
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14*a53f50b9SchristosOn March 26, 1999, Paul Balyoz <pbalyoz AT sedona.ch.intel.com> submitted a
15*a53f50b9Schristospatch to lostaltmail which makes it print Y2K compliant dates.  He used a
16*a53f50b9Schristoscode scanner and manually "eyeballed" the code and could not find any more
17*a53f50b9Schristosproblems.  Paul's patch is included in am-utils-6.0.1s7 and newer versions.
18*a53f50b9SchristosPaul also said that other 2-digit years used in am-utils are "harmless."
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20*a53f50b9SchristosNOTE: NONE OF THE PERSONS MENTIONED HERE, AUTHOR INCLUDED, ARE WILLING TO
21*a53f50b9SchristosCERTIFY AM-UTILS AS Y2K COMPLIANT.  USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
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24*a53f50b9SchristosErez Zadok.
25*a53f50b9SchristosMaintainer, am-utils package and am-utils list.
26*a53f50b9SchristosWWW:   http://www.am-utils.org
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