From: mathew Date: 2006-08-08T03:20:57+09:00 Subject: Re: [ ruby-Bugs-5263 ] strptime fails to properly parse certain inputs Mathieu Bouchard wrote: > I don't know about the japanese guys, but I do care a lot more about > other languages than about Y10K... maybe it's cause I'm a mere mortal. And presumably not an astronomer. You don't have to be immortal to have a valid reason for being able to deal with data that has years in the 10,000 range, not to mention the -10,000 range... mathew