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Primordial (but not current) versions of the genuine SCCS suite
fail to work correctly in and after the year 2000. The commands
affected are get
and prs
. Unix vendors have ensured that
the version of SCCS that they currently ship works correctly in the
year 2000. Sun Microsystems, for example, state in their Year 2000 FAQ
(http://www.sun.com/y2000/faq.html)
* Does Sun see any problems with the source code control system (SCCS)?
No, Sun has adopted the X/Open Commands and Utilities Issue 5 standard, the year 2000 compliant version of SCCS will not be affected by the end of century transition. The X/Open standard states that old dates held in ("yy/mm/dd") format does not change in "s." files, but the values "yy" which range from 69 -- 99 are to be interpreted as 1969 -- 1999 respectively. Values of "yy" which range from 00 -- 68 are to be interpreted as 2000 -- 2068 respectively. This interpretation ensures that the year 2000 compliant version of SCCS will work at least to the year 2068. By implementing X/Open's standard, Sun has ensured SCCS user's compatibility with other providers of the SCCS utility. For more information please refer to: http://www.xopen.org/public/tech/base/year2000.htmlCopyright © 1994 -- 1997 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 901 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303 USA. All rights reserved.
9.1 The Good News | CSSC works with all dates from 1969 to 2038... | |
9.2 The Bad News | ...but with hiccups on some operating systems. | |
9.3 Year 2000 Summary | Parting words on date issues |