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To: TEDennis who wrote (181)10/13/1997 4:07:00 PM
From: Janice Shell   of 4295
 
TED--

I know I am only your underwriter, and not a techie, but while we're on the subject of calendars, an email I recently received came to mind. Could FBN make a useless contribution here?

To: Altai ZEKE Development, Altai ZEBB Development, Altai ZARA
Development, Altai OASIS Development
Subject: PT46 Date has been reset, logon at will :)

For anyone who was curious... I was seeing how high I could set the system date. I know that the manuals all said that the clock will roll-over in 2042 but I had to see it myself. Actually it happens 2042.260 Sept.17th at, or about 23.53.46 it becomes 1900.001 00.00.01. For the truly sick I have included the system log of this testing.

97254 10:05:02.51 PDFRYR 00000290 T DATE=2042.001,CLOCK=23.57.00
42001 23:57:13.91 PDFRYR 00000290 D T
42001 23:57:14.80 TSU00063 00000090 IEE136I LOCAL: TIME=23.57.14
DATE=2042.001 GMT: TIME=15.05.17 DATE=1997.254
42001 23:57:31.99 PDFRYR 00000290 T DATE=2042.100,CLOCK=23.57.00
42100 23:57:07.82 PDFRYR 00000290 D T
42100 23:57:09.01 TSU00063 00000090 IEE136I LOCAL: TIME=23.57.09
DATE=2042.100 GMT: TIME=15.05.44 DATE=1997.254
42100 23:57:23.37 PDFRYR 00000290 T DATE=2042.200,CLOCK=23.57.00
42200 23:57:09.81 PDFRYR 00000290 D T
42200 23:57:11.31 TSU00063 00000090 IEE136I LOCAL: TIME=23.57.11
DATE=2042.200 GMT: TIME=15.06.10 DATE=1997.254
00002 00:03:43.53 PDFRYR 00000290 T DATE=2042.260,CLOCK=23.57.00
00002 00:03:17.81 PDFRYR 00000290 D T
00002 00:03:18.63 TSU00063 00000090 IEE136I LOCAL: TIME=00.03.18
DATE=1900.002 GMT: TIME=15.08.57 DATE=1997.254
00002 00:03:55.70 PDFRYR 00000290 T DATE=2042.260,CLOCK=22.00.00
42260 22:00:03.46 PDFRYR 00000290 D T
42260 22:00:03.95 TSU00063 00000090 IEE136I LOCAL: TIME=22.00.03
DATE=2042.260 GMT: TIME=15.09.38 DATE=1997.254
42260 22:00:24.59 PDFRYR 00000290 T DATE=2042.260,CLOCK=22.30.00
42260 22:30:05.54 PDFRYR 00000290 D T
42260 22:30:06.08 TSU00063 00000090 IEE136I LOCAL: TIME=22.30.05
DATE=2042.260 GMT: TIME=15.10.05 DATE=1997.254
42260 22:30:22.39 PDFRYR 00000290 T DATE=2042.260,CLOCK=23.30.00
42260 23:30:03.44 PDFRYR 00000290 D T
42260 23:30:04.00 TSU00063 00000090 IEE136I LOCAL: TIME=23.30.04
DATE=2042.260 GMT: TIME=15.10.25 DATE=1997.254
42260 23:30:13.68 PDFRYR 00000290 T DATE=2042.260,CLOCK=23.50.00
42260 23:50:03.33 PDFRYR 00000290 D T
42260 23:50:03.87 TSU00063 00000090 IEE136I LOCAL: TIME=23.50.03
DATE=2042.260 GMT: TIME=15.10.39 DATE=1997.254
42260 23:50:20.98 PDFRYR 00000290 D T
42260 23:50:21.58 TSU00063 00000090 IEE136I LOCAL: TIME=23.50.21
DATE=2042.260 GMT: TIME=15.10.57 DATE=1997.254
42260 23:50:34.49 PDFRYR 00000290 T DATE=2042.260,CLOCK=23.55.00
00002 00:01:19.13 PDFRYR 00000290 D T
00002 00:01:19.80 TSU00063 00000090 IEE136I LOCAL: TIME=00.01.19
DATE=1900.002 GMT: TIME=15.11.17 DATE=1997.254
00002 00:01:52.73 PDFRYR 00000290 T DATE=2042.260,CLOCK=23.53.00
42260 23:53:03.68 PDFRYR 00000290 D T
42260 23:53:04.00 TSU00063 00000090 IEE136I LOCAL: TIME=23.53.04
DATE=2042.260 GMT: TIME=15.11.54 DATE=1997.254
42260 23:53:16.76 PDFRYR 00000290 D T
42260 23:53:17.00 TSU00063 00000090 IEE136I LOCAL: TIME=23.53.17
DATE=2042.260 GMT: TIME=15.12.07 DATE=1997.254
42260 23:53:25.24 PDFRYR 00000290 D T
42260 23:53:25.26 TSU00063 00000090 IEE136I LOCAL: TIME=23.53.25
DATE=2042.260 GMT: TIME=15.12.15 DATE=1997.254
42260 23:53:34.44 PDFRYR 00000290 D T
42260 23:53:34.46 TSU00063 00000090 IEE136I LOCAL: TIME=23.53.34
DATE=2042.260 GMT: TIME=15.12.24 DATE=1997.254
42260 23:53:45.44 PDFRYR 00000290 D T
42260 23:53:45.46 TSU00063 00000090 IEE136I LOCAL: TIME=23.53.45
DATE=2042.260 GMT: TIME=15.12.35 DATE=1997.254
00001 00:00:08.42 PDFRYR 00000290 D T
00001 00:00:09.02 TSU00063 00000090 IEE136I LOCAL: TIME=00.00.09
DATE=1900.001 GMT: TIME=15.12.46 DATE=1997.254
00001 00:01:45.74 PDFRYR 00000290 D T
00001 00:01:46.29 TSU00063 00000090 IEE136I LOCAL: TIME=00.01.46
DATE=1900.001 GMT: TIME=15.14.24 DATE=1997.254
00001 00:01:54.72 PDFRYR 00000290 T RESET
97254 10:14:38.10 PDFRYR 00000290 D T
97254 10:14:38.13 TSU00063 00000090 IEE136I LOCAL: TIME=10.14.38
DATE=1997.254 GMT: TIME=15.14.38 DATE=1997.254


Of course, this makes no sense whatsoever to me, but I thought it might spark your ever-fertile imagination. (Note to self: am I overdoing the flattery? Nah, impossible to go too far...)

Janice
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