[SPARCbook] date won't accept 00 for year 2000

[Michael Lorenz]

Greetings !

> Doug Moore wrote:
> 
> How can I get my SunOS Release 4.1.3 (SPARCBOOK_A.2.3) to respond to
> date in the following format so I can enter the year 2000?
> 
> date [[mmdd]hhmm[[cc]yy][.ss]]
> 
> All I've been able to do so far is get to the year 1999...
> 
> # /usr/5bin/date 0831112700
> Wed Dec 31 18:59:59 EST 1969
> # /usr/5bin/date 0831112899
> Tue Aug 31 11:28:00 EDT 1999
> #

date 1231235999
... wait a minute to get the year to change...
date 09010835

btw, ever tried date 090108352000 ? The [cc] bit above screams "century"
at me...