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[Steve Kent: Re: So What is the DER of UTCTime]

1992-04-27 09:23:00
Steve Kent <stk(_at_)bbn(_dot_)com> writes:

       Actually, in a remarkable fit of shortsightedness, UTCT does
not represent the year as a four digit number!  It is represented
modulo 100, i.e., only the last two digits are present.

Steve


Just to play devil's advocate ... I can't see how, in my lifetime
and as a practical matter, the lack of a century field in UTCT 
is going to be confusing.
Granted its absence represents a lack of good taste :-)

John Lowry

BTW: This reminds me of that old cigarette advertisment:
     "But what do ya want, good grammar(ASN1), or good taste ?"

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