[3096] in SIPB bug reports
vax 7.4G: cal
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (yandros@Athena.MIT.EDU)
Mon Aug 10 09:46:49 1992
From: yandros@Athena.MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 92 09:46:16 -0400
To: bug-sipb@Athena.MIT.EDU
Reply-To: yandros@Athena.MIT.EDU
System name: hal-2000
Type and version: CVAXSTAR 7.4G
Display type: SM
What were you trying to do?
Use 'cal' to get a calendar of the year 72. No, not 1972.
What's wrong:
I've yet to find a combination that the program doesn't reduce
to '1972' instead of '72'
What should have happened:
This program should have been punted years ago. Better, it
never should have been used to waste sipb locker space. At
least now I have a good reason to get rid of it.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
man cal:
>
> CAL(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual CAL(1)
>
> NAME
> cal - print calendar
>
> SYNOPSIS
> cal [ month ] year
>
> DESCRIPTION
> Cal prints a calendar for the specified year. If a month is
> also specified, a calendar just for that month is printed.
> Year can be between 1 and 9999. The month is a number
> between 1 and 12. The calendar produced is that for England
> and her colonies.
>
> Try September 1752.
>
> BUGS
> The year is always considered to start in January even
> though this is historically naive.
> Beware that `cal 78' refers to the early Christian era, not
> the 20th century.
>
> Printed 5/12/92 April 29, 1985 1
>
-C
