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Dr John Stockton wrote in uk.tech.y2k:

> I have at present 166 articles in u.t.y2k.  Of these, TWELVE have two-
> digit years in the "Date: " line of the header; there are three
> different layouts, so at least three different pieces of software are
> involved and probably at least three users.
> 
> (( Method - export whole group to file, and use DOS's FIND [/c];
>    so I don't yet know who they are. ))
> 
> Now I cannot recall which RFCs deal with this, and, AFAIR, the Net is
> supposed to be able to cope with two-digit years; however, it might
> possibly be unwise to rely on this, if it can be avoided.
> 
> Another search has revealed the five newsreaders, and that we have more
> than one SNewser - but I'll not give the personal names ...
> 
> X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4
> X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.30
> X-Newsreader: GNU Emacs 18.59.2
> ?  (Organization: Computing Lab, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.)
> X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1157
> 
> Although not an RFC, Son-of-RFC1036 (Henry Spencer, 2 June 1994 -
> expires 15 July 1994) Sec 5.1 is interesting here, even if some of us
> don't like it (I have no seemingly-relevant RFCs; maybe someone with a
> full set might look) :
>    The year SHOULD be given as four digits, and posting  agents
>    SHOULD  enforce this; however, relayers MUST accept the two-
>    digit form, and MUST interpret it  as  having  the  implicit
>    prefix "19".
>        NOTE: Two-digit year numbers can, should, and must
>        be phased out by 1999.
> So some of us, unless upgraded, may be posting News of the Victorian
> Era, if Son is honoured ...
> 
> In c.s.y2k, I have 1306 articles, four dated "98", two users, two
> softwares, News Express as above and Mozilla 1.22.  They seem to be
> ahead of you, gentlemen!
> 
> AIUI, the Author of SNews has been told of this by a SNewser.
> 
> --
> John Stockton, Surrey, UK.    jrs@merlyn.demon.co.uk    Turnpike v1.12    MIME.
>  Web <URL: http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/> --- includes FAQqish topics & links:
>  Year 2000 - date2000.htm  Dates - misctime.htm  Critical Dates - critdate.htm
>  Don't Mail News.  Y2k for beginners http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/year2000.txt