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Re: [LI] Interesting error on unix




> >               If you have access to unix   (or Linux)  machine just run
> > the following command.

Are there any people on the list who do not use any UNIX variant but are
interested in Linux just for kicks?

>
> >               cal 9 1752 which should give the calendar for month of sep
> > 1752.

>Lot of dates missing. Rare to see an error in unix

Sorry to burst your bubble but this is not an error.
11 days had to be skipped to make up for leap year adjustments and this was
done in 1732.
Say did you chance upon this by randomly typing cal commands?

http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/linuxy2k.html
is a good collection of links with y2k status of various Linux software
packages.



cheers
Uk

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