* vfs.c (is_dos_date): Allow 4-digit years.

(vfs_parse_filedate): Don't limit length of the year field for
DOS dates, subtract 1900 if necessary.

vfs/ChangeLog

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2002-12-12  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
+	* vfs.c (is_dos_date): Allow 4-digit years.
+	(vfs_parse_filedate): Don't limit length of the year field for
+	DOS dates, subtract 1900 if necessary.
+
 	* extfs/apt.in: Fix Y2K bug.
 	* extfs/deba.in: Likewise.
 	* extfs/debd.in: Likewise.

vfs/vfs.c

@@ -1325,17 +1325,26 @@ is_num (int idx)
     return 1;
 }
 
+/* Return 1 for MM-DD-YY and MM-DD-YYYY */
 static int
-is_dos_date (char *str)
+is_dos_date (const char *str)
 {
+    int len;
+
     if (!str)
 	return 0;
 
-    if (strlen (str) == 8 && str[2] == str[5]
-	&& strchr ("\\-/", (int) str[2]) != NULL)
-	return 1;
+    len = strlen (str);
+    if (len != 8 && len != 10)
+	return 0;
 
-    return 0;
+    if (str[2] != str[5])
+	return 0;
+
+    if (!strchr ("\\-/", (int) str[2]))
+	return 0;
+
+    return 1;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -1556,24 +1565,22 @@ vfs_parse_filedate (int idx, time_t *t)
 	   where Mon is Jan-Dec, DD, MM, YY two digit day, month, year,
 	   YYYY four digit year, hh, mm, ss two digit hour, minute or second. */
 
-	/* Here just this special case with MM-DD-YY */
+	/* Special case with MM-DD-YY or MM-DD-YYYY */
 	if (is_dos_date (p)) {
 	    p[2] = p[5] = '-';
 
-	    if (sscanf (p, "%2d-%2d-%2d", &d[0], &d[1], &d[2]) == 3) {
-		/*  We expect to get:
-		   1. MM-DD-YY
-		   2. DD-MM-YY
-		   3. YY-MM-DD
-		   4. YY-DD-MM  */
+	    if (sscanf (p, "%2d-%2d-%d", &d[0], &d[1], &d[2]) == 3) {
+		/* Months are zero based */
+		if (d[0] > 0)
+		    d[0]--;
 
-		/* Hmm... maybe, next time :) */
-
-		/* At last, MM-DD-YY */
-		d[0]--;		/* Months are zerobased */
-		/* Y2K madness */
-		if (d[2] < 70)
-		    d[2] += 100;
+		if (d[2] > 1900) {
+		    d[2] -= 1900;
+		} else {
+		    /* Y2K madness */
+		    if (d[2] < 70)
+			d[2] += 100;
+		}
 
 		tim.tm_mon = d[0];
 		tim.tm_mday = d[1];