Julian Dates?

[Dar Scott]

On Thursday, April 11, 2002, at 09:21 AM, Rob Cozens wrote:

> Still, thanks for reminding me that Transcript's earliest 
> supported date is about 70 years more recent than HyperCard's.

convert ... from seconds to long date

...seems to work in about the 1901 to 2035 range on my OS X (where 
seconds seem to be limited to a little less than a signed 32 bit 
int).

Let's see.  A typical mortgage is 30 years.  Many bonds mature in 
25 or 30 years.  Many on this list will retire in 40 years.  Comets 
takes dozens of years to return.

Dar Scott