ara.t.howard wrote: > > On Oct 28, 2007, at 12:00 AM, Brian Adkins wrote: > >> >> Good point, but with a format like "20070801", there's a good chance >> this is not user input, but serialized data that's already been parsed/ >> validated and just needs to be formatted. > > could be. still, c programs are notorious for using crappy methods of > string/date generation and dumping out bad dates - we had one system > that crashed for years every newyear's eve for years until i got around > to hacking a wrapper on it... give you one guess why ;-) > > a @ http://codeforpeople.com/ > -- > it is not enough to be compassionate. you must act. > h.h. the 14th dalai lama > > > > > You had to work on New Years' Eve? Bummer ...