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Started by Terrance Richard Boyes
Thu, 09 Dec 1999 00:00
Y2K and NEWNEWS
Author: Terrance Richard Boyes
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 00:00
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 00:00
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Can somebody point me at the best place to find out how NEWNEWS requests should be formatted from next month ? Should it be NEWNEWS group.name 000101 000000 [TZ] -- <URL:http://www.pierrot.co.uk/> Team AMIGA Never assume villany when mere incompetence suffices.
Re: Y2K and NEWNEWS
Author: Dan Glover
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 00:00
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 00:00
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In article <19991209.185143.0AA80202.gRaa@pierrot.co.uk>,
Terrance Richard Boyes <tez@pierrot.co.uk> wrote:
>Can somebody point me at the best place to find out how NEWNEWS
>requests should be formatted from next month ?
RFC977. Read the small print.
>Should it be NEWNEWS group.name 000101 000000 [TZ]
Yes, HTH
Dan
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Dan Glover (dan@dangl.demon.co.uk)
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Re: Y2K and NEWNEWS
Author: Paul Overell
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 00:00
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 00:00
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In article <FMHxso.4pG@dangl.demon.co.uk>, Dan Glover <dan@dangl.demon.co.uk> writes >In article <19991209.185143.0AA80202.gRaa@pierrot.co.uk>, >Terrance Richard Boyes <tez@pierrot.co.uk> wrote: > >>Can somebody point me at the best place to find out how NEWNEWS >>requests should be formatted from next month ? > >RFC977. Read the small print. > >>Should it be NEWNEWS group.name 000101 000000 [TZ] > >Yes, HTH Agreed, although RFC977 uses 2 digit years it is Y2K proof because it specifies how to interpret them, thus avoiding all ambiguity. RFC977 para 3.7.1 >The date is sent as 6 digits in the format YYMMDD, where YY is the >last two digits of the year, MM is the two digits of the month (with >leading zero, if appropriate), and DD is the day of the month (with >leading zero, if appropriate). The closest century is assumed as >part of the year (i.e., 86 specifies 1986, 30 specifies 2030, 99 is >1999, 00 is 2000). Regards -- Paul Overell T U R N P I K E Ltd
Re: Y2K and NEWNEWS
Author: Brian {Hamilton Kelly}
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 00:00
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 00:00
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On Thursday, in article
<19991209.185143.0AA80202.gRaa@pierrot.co.uk>
tez@pierrot.co.uk "Terrance Richard Boyes" wrote:
> Can somebody point me at the best place to find out how NEWNEWS
> requests should be formatted from next month ?
>
> Should it be NEWNEWS group.name 000101 000000 [TZ]
Of course; even though RFC-977 was written long before anyone mentioned
the idea of Y2K problems, it still considered the subject, and provided
instructions as to how the yy part of the date should be interpreted.
BTW, the above is ONLY correct if your "TZ" is GMT; the NEWNEWS command
should either be issued without a timezone indication, in which case the
time is interpreted as that local to the server, or with GMT. Sticking
to the latter throughout all such transactions is the best course of
action.
--
Brian {Hamilton Kelly} bhk@dsl.co.uk
"But we're a university. We /have/ to have a library!..."said Ridcully,
"What sort of people would we be if we didn't go into the library?"
"Students", said the Senior Wrangler, morosely. [TP: The Last Continent]
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