Newton Year 2010 Solution

Patch

The Y2010 problem is fixed with the [Patch 711000](/Pages/Patch 711000), [Patch 73J186](/Pages/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