[Zope3-dev] RE: [Python-Dev] Holes in time

[Tim Peters]

[Tim Peters]
 writes:
> Note that datetime doesn't support years outside the range 1-9999, so
> its appeal to astronomers and ancient history buffs is limited anyway.

[R. David Murray]
> Oh, no, we're setting ourselves up for the Y10K bug!!!!  :) :)

We learned our lesson:  when the real year hits 7000, secret code in
datetime magically adds 10000 to years in 1-5999.  The year 10K itself
remains unrepresentable, but as the DST discussion showed, nobody really
cares about that <wink>.

it'll-be-time-to-skip-a-leap-year-by-then-anyway-ly y'rs  - tim