[Info-vax] Significance of 2020 / 2021 date

[Andy Burns]

Chris wrote:

> issinoho wrote:
>
>> if (atoi (date_string + 5)>  2020)
> 
> That code is type unsafe for starters. atoi() requires an ascii string,
> but you are trying to add 5 decimal to an ascii string ?. 

atoi requires a *pointer* to an asciiz string, presumably in this case 
the format is something like DDMMMYYYY, so that the +5 starts the 
decimal conversion from the address of the first Y.