We're already way off subject, but I did want to point out that 1/1/80 is
the epoch in MSDOS, but 1/1/70 is the epoch in Unix time. The internal
format is different between the two also. The BIOS does not use Unix time
to calculate time.
73,
Dave
KZ1O
At 11:45 PM 12/8/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 14:26:00 -0000
>From: LRod@pobox.com
>Subject: Re: [TRLog] Setting date on computer
>
> > I guess I can run it like it is and change all the dates after the contest
> > but that would be a real pain!!
>
>I can't answer the clock question (except to say that 1 Jan 80 is "the
>year one" in
>Unix time which is what the BIOS uses to calculate time), but changing the
>dates in the log couldn't be easier. [...]
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