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ALed (ALan's Text Editor) version 1.53 now free (Announce)

posted by jadoxa  , Queensland, Australia, 20.05.2025, 02:15

> Could you please elaborate, how your year fix works?

It subtracts (the low byte of) 2000 instead of 1900 (so it will also fail if you reach 2100, but so will the date itself, apparently; at least RBIL says the range is 1980-2099).

Complete thread:

• ALed (ALan's Text Editor) version 1.53 now free - rr, 13.05.2025, 22:18 (Announce)
  • ALed (ALan's Text Editor) version 1.53 now free - jadoxa, 14.05.2025, 04:08
    • ALed (ALan's Text Editor) version 1.53 now free - rr, 19.05.2025, 21:19
      • ALed (ALan's Text Editor) version 1.53 now free - jadoxa, 20.05.2025, 02:15
        • ALed (ALan's Text Editor) version 1.53 now free - Zyzzle, 20.05.2025, 06:22
          • ALed (ALan's Text Editor) version 1.53 now free - jadoxa, 20.05.2025, 09:19
        • ALed (ALan's Text Editor) version 1.53 now free - rr, 20.05.2025, 12:18
  • ALed (ALan's Text Editor) version 1.53 now free - bocke, 17.05.2025, 22:32
    • ALed (ALan's Text Editor) version 1.53 now free - rr, 19.05.2025, 21:21