"01/01/1969" is a date = true on Mac but not on Windows?

[Sarah Reichelt]

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 9:01 PM, Klaus Major <klaus at major-k.de> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Am 02.12.2008 um 09:44 schrieb Klaus Major:
>
>> Hi freinds,
>>
>> the subject says it all :-/
>> Please tell me that I am overlooking something obvious!!!!

Sorry, you are not. On Windows, dates before 1/1/1970 will not appear as dates.

> sorry, just found the appropriate info in the docs, but they were listed
> under "is a" and not the obvious "date" entry ;-)
>
> Any hints on how to verify these dates on windows without too much effort?

Not as far as I know. I wrote a routine to do this which I can dig out
if you need it.

Cheers,
Sarah