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authorJari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>1999-02-19 17:11:39 +0000
committerJari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>2009-09-12 16:46:52 +0000
commitb72432fdcc59300c6fe7c9d6c8a31ad3447933f5 (patch)
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downloadbash-b72432fdcc59300c6fe7c9d6c8a31ad3447933f5.tar.gz
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+Since Bash does not manipulate date strings, it is Y2K-safe.
+
+The only thing that Bash does with date strings is manipulate the string
+returned by ctime(3) in the prompt customization code. In all cases,
+it discards the year.