Re: Newsreader that keeps messages and has a good text search

On Sat, 17th Aug 2024 09:47:17 +1200, Ralph Fox wrote:

If the program can import MBOX files, this can be tested by importing
an MBOX file with some messages' "Date:" headers set to after 2038.
Check two things:
 1.  Dates after 2038 _display_ correctly in the message list.
 2.  Dates after 2038 are in the correct _order_ in the message list.

To be clear: I already did a similar test after checking my 40tude Dialog
database format reference. And verified, that messages up to Dec 31 2107
are handled fine by Dialog. Any errors in the relevant date string(s) when
receiving/importing a message will result in database entries referencing
the DOSDateTime minimum value, though, aka Jan 1 1980. Errors are date
values of Jan 1 2108 and beyond as well as wrongly formatted date strings.

UTC time offsets may trigger a message being Jan 1 2108 even when the date
text states Dec 31 2107, of course. This will also result in a database
date of Jan 1 1980.

Bernd