[Info-vax] Significance of 2020 / 2021 date

[Chris]

On 01/09/21 12:55, Andy Burns wrote:
> Chris wrote:
>
>> Ideally, you get the user input, parse it to verify correct format and
>> only then, pass the year field to the conversion routine. Only a few
>> lines of added code needed to do it right.
>
> Yes, but we're told this is 30 year old code, simpler times.

Simpler times perhaps, but such ambiguous looking code is a nightmare
for maintainers, having spent years trying to just that. Get the onpage
format and code structure right and it should flow like the lines of a 
story...

Chris