On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 06:02:27 +0930, Tim wrote: > Andrew Parker: >>> For bash the following will display 061 if its currently a leap year, >>> 060 otherwise >>> >>> date -d "$(date +%Y)/03/01" +%j > > Kevin J. Cummings: >> It doesn't work with dates after 2037/03/01 .... > > Leaving you with thirty years to develop a solution, or spend a few > minutes pondering whether to bother... ;-) > > But seriously, although some might think you don't need to worry about > such things, there are programs that will need to do some work using a > date from the future. The matter is more urgent than immediately > obvious. > [...] My program deals only with the present and the immediate past. Since in 30 years I hope to celebrate (?) my 98th, it would be quite interesting to see if the problem still concerns me. :) Mike.
