Date   : Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:14:12 +0200 (BST)
From   : johan@... (Johan Heuseveldt)
Subject: Level 4 FS Y2K query

Hi,

On Sun 09 Aug, Phil Blundell wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 2009-08-09 at 17:30 +0200, Rick Murray wrote:
> > Johan Heuseveldt wrote:
> > > Saving an empty BASIC file on FileStore from a Master128, the
> > > file's *INFO/*EX details are (on the Master):
> > > 
> > >     TEST       FFFF0E00 FFFF8023   000002   WR/        09/08/09
> > > 
> > > Copying to a RISC OS system, the Filer shows:
> > > 
> > >     TEST       WR/       2  &F0E        04:22:25 13May 1901
> > 
> > 1901?!? I'm surprised that works, for NetFS (A3000, RISC OS 3.11) seems 
> > to really dislike dates before 1981!
> 
> Yes, that's the point.  The date that the Filer is reporting is the one
> that RISC OS extracted from the load/exec addresses, not the underlying
> NetFS timestamp of the original file.  13 May 1901 is 0x00ffff8023
> centiseconds since 1900 if I've done my sums correctly.

Yes, thanks for confirmation.

Only a minor typo, should be &802D, not &8023.


Greetings,
Johan

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