On Fri, 28 Dec 2018 21:57:43 -0600, Joe Monk wrote:

>>"By my arithmetic,  January 1, 1900 + 143 years = January 1, 2043".
>
>Ummm ... Did you forget the year 1900? Theres only 142 years left after you
>subtract the Year 1900.
>
WTF!?

So, by that reasoning, January 1, 1900 + 1 year = January 1, 1900 because
there are 0 years left after you subtract the year 1900.

>> On Fri, 28 Dec 2018 18:18:51 -0600, Joe Monk wrote:
>>
>> >So, January 1, 1900 + 143 years = January 1, 2042, which is when the 104
>> >bit clock will roll over, and bit 0 will return to zero.

-- gil

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