Colin
>I have heard that the programming language "C" will out grow its date package
>in I think 2030.
>I was wondering if there is any fact to this?
I can't tell you for definite, but going by some of the Unix code, it seems
extremely likely.
>and if ADA has any similar problems?
The Ada 95 RM specifies:
package Ada.Calendar is
type Time is private;
subtype Year_Number is Integer range 1901 .. 2099;
etc.
This suggests that Ada 95 code might screw up in the new millenium :-), but
section 9.6(27) states that:
"The implementation of type Time shall allow the representation of all dates
with year numbers in the range of Year_Number; it may allow representation of
other dates as well (both earlier and later)".
So to me it sounds like a possible problem, but only in certain circumstances.
Besides - this will probably be updated in Ada 0x!
John