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From: Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>
Subject: Re: dates before 1970
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Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:

> > So I'd guess raising an exception might be the simplest way to deal with
> > this. Here's a patch to try out:
> 
> This seems to work fine.  Thanks.
> 

Maybe not - see Bastien's mail.

> I am glad, however, that I can enter any date and then use the S-<down>
> etc. keys to get the date I want.  Of course, I am not sure if anything
> else in org breaks as a result...  org-sparse-tree with very old
> scheduled dates seems to work.  Haven't tried much else and I would
> guess few would notice?
> 

That's the problem: one does not know whether the way from one
date to another passes through the quicksand of internal emacs time.
And as you say, any effects might escape notice.

Nick