Patch
The Y2010 problem is fixed with the Patch 71J059, Patch 73J186 and Patch 74J185.
Solution Outline
Solving the Newton Year 2010 Problem is achieved by applying these fixes:
- Changing the time base for seconds based C++ functions
- Changing the time base for NewtonScript functions
- Replacing old C++ functions with new functions via a NewtonOS patch
- Replacing old NewtonScript functions with new functions at startup via a NewtonOS patch
- Ajdusting the time to fall always into a safe range
- Fixing the entries in the system alarm soup
- Putting safeguards in place to allow installation only on the matching OS version
Completed Steps
- Patched C++ functions
- FDateFromSeconds
- FSetSysAlarm
- FTimeInSeconds
- Patched NewtonScript functions
- TimeInSecondsToTime
- TimeToTimeInSeconds
- Registering NewtonScript functions in InitScriptGlobals
- Time adjustment in InitScriptGlobals
- Installation safeguard
- Patches for MP2100D and eMate