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On Mon, 23 Feb 1998 14:05:45 +0000, Dr John Stockton
<jrs@merlyn.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>JRS:  In article <Ko9I.175$E2.10822899@news2> of Mon, 23 Feb 1998
>07:18:02 in comp.software.year-2000, "Gary L. Smith" <gls@infinet.com>
>wrote:
>>I've confirmed that the same thing occurs on MS-DOS 5.0.  The year part 
>>of the date on files created by CHKDSK is 82, which would be stored in 
>>the directory as 000 0010 (binary).  The correct value is 001 0010,  It 
>>certainly appears that the top three bits are being lost, although we'd 
>>have to try a variety of years including 2092 to verify that.   
>
>In 2092, MSDOS 3.30 CHKDSK gives 1980, as one would expect.
>
>demon.tech.pc added to NGs - The Story So Far :
>
>MSDOS 3.30, 5.0. 6.20, 6.22 CHKDSK, when creating FILE####.CHK from a
>lost chain, drops the MS 3 bits of the date; i.e. (Year-1980) is modulo
>16.  SCANDISK is OK.  To test, create a file, edit Alt-229 to start the
>filename, CHKDSK.
> 

   Interesting.  I'll have to take a look.  Microsoft seem to have a
habit of not fixing old bugs in software.  e.g. the famous calculator
bug in Windows, and the limit in filesize of notepad, even under Win95
where there is no excuse for it!

   Regards,
           Harry.