[NTLK] Did I miss the memo?

[Avi Drissman]

Trying to get an 85-year span surely was intended as a joke. NewtonScript
integers are 30 bits, so isn't the biggest time span you'd be able to do
2³⁰ seconds ≅ 34 years? It's been a while since I've poked at time code,
tho.

On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM Forrest <newton_phoenix at mindspring.com>
wrote:

> Dennis, wouldn't you want to set the date to 1941--2024+1=2025,
> 1940+1=1941 ?
>
> Does that sound right?
>
> Mahalo,
> Forrest
>
> Sent from my T-Mobile iPhone 15 Pro
>
> > On Jan 4, 2025, at 3:35 PM, Peter Fraser via NewtonTalk <
> newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
> >
> > Well, now you need to tell us the title or other identifying
> information so that some of us can read it, too!
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > — Peter
> > pjfraser at mac.com
> >
> >> On Jan 4, 2025, at 2:10 PM, Grant Hutchinson via NewtonTalk <
> newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> 
> >>>
> >>>> On Jan 4, 2025, at 3:00 PM, Dennis Swaney via NewtonTalk <
> newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> “The 2024 calendar will be a perfectly identical match to the 1996
> calendar. The seven years that share the same calendar in the current
> 200-year timeframe include 1940, 1968, 1996, 2024, 2052, 2080 and 2120,
> according to timeanddate.com.”
> >>>
> >>> So if you set the year to 1940, you should be safe for the next 85
> years?
> >>
> >> I love a good chronological hack.
> >>
> >> (Ever so slightly related to this, I just finished reading a 900 page
> anthology of science fiction time travel stories.)
> >>
> >> Thanks, Dennis!
> >>
> >> g.
> >>
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