in reply to Re^3: Why does localtime() return 1900-$YEAR?
in thread Why does localtime() return $YEAR-1900?

Hmm, I worked on a COBOL system with 2 digit dates in the late 80's / early 90's and there was no pressure to modify the date structures. So I'm not sure people were as prescient as you assume.

The first time I heard mention of the Y2K issue was '97 when a friend let it be known to a recruiter that I could work in COBOL >>>Shudder<<<

print "Good ",qw(night morning afternoon evening)[(localtime)[2]/6]," fellow monks."

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