Nope, its good ol Steve's B-Day!
On Tuesday, July 30, 2002, at 05:53 PM, William Ove wrote:
> I think the date, Jan 1, 1904, is more universal in computer programming
> than just Apple. It is my understanding that it starts with 1904 because
> making it start with 1900 would have required a more complex algorithm
> to allow for the fact that not all years divisible by 4 are leap years.
> By starting with 1904 a simple algorithm would allow for correct date
> computations for the next 196 years until 2100 which is a sequence where
> every year divisible by 4 is a leap year even the century.
>
> My PM8600 reverts to some time in 1956 when its battery dies. I am not
> sure of the significance of that date, but I assume it also was chosen
> based on the convenience of some computer algorithm as well.
>
> William Ove
>
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Repeating To-Do items-HE
> From: Jon Glass <jonglass_at_mac.com>
>
>
> on 7/30/02 3:12 PM, E- Male at xform8ion_at_hotmail.com wrote:
>
> I tried to reset the date to 1906 (as I also remember a pkg written to
> delete repeating to-dos (I think it was called Death to 1906)
>
> The actual date is Jan 1, 1904, not 1906. It's an Apple thing...
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> Jon Glass
> Krakow, Poland
> <jonglass_at_usa.net>
>
>
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