localtime) supply adequate information to determine the
year well beyond 2000 (2038 is when trouble strikes for
32-bit machines). The year returned by these functions
- when used in an array context is the year minus 1900. For
+ when used in a list context is the year minus 1900. For
years between 1910 and 1999 this happens to be a 2-digit
decimal number. To avoid the year 2000 problem simply do
not treat the year as a 2-digit number. It isn't.