[Bug,Mac] Bug in Python 1.5.x ?time origin error

Bill Dozier dozier at abs.net
Fri Sep 17 15:17:29 EDT 1999


This was brought up in the MacPython SIG mailing list. If I am remembering
correctly, you are correct in your suspicion as to the cause.

In article <B4084F729668771FE at quercus.demon.co.uk>,
Howard at quercus.demon.co.uk (Howard Oakley) wrote:

>Gentlepersons,
>
>I have a bug report on Python for Mac versions 1.5.1 and 1.5.2b1. The date
>functions seem to have systematic errors of 1 day short of 4 years (is this
>because the Unix and Mac OS origins of time differ by this amount?).




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