Reply to post: Re: 01/01/80

Your data will get hacked anyway so you might as well give up protecting it

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Re: 01/01/80

Macs used to default to 1/1/1904 as it was the first leap year of the 20th century, avoiding the complications of starting with 1900 and having to implement Gregorian leap year exceptions. More here:

http://www.lowendmac.com/lab/04/0115.html

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