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

posted by Zyzzle, 20.05.2025, 06:22

> > 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).

Actually, I think the range for valid DOS dates is 1980 to 2107 - 128 year range.

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