Y2K status of bzip2 and libbzip2, versions 0.1, 0.9.0 and 0.9.5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Informally speaking:   bzip2 is a compression program built on top of libbzip2,    a library which does the real work of compression and    decompression.  As far as I am aware, libbzip2 does not have    any date-related code at all.   bzip2 itself copies dates from source to destination files    when compressing or decompressing, using the 'stat' and 'utime'    UNIX system calls.  It doesn't examine, manipulate or store the    dates in any way.  So as far as I can see, there shouldn't be any    problem with bzip2 providing 'stat' and 'utime' work correctly    on your system.   On non-unix platforms (those for which BZ_UNIX in bzip2.c is   not set to 1), bzip2 doesn't even do the date copying.   Overall, informally speaking, I don't think bzip2 or libbzip2    have a Y2K problem.Formally speaking:   I am not prepared to offer you any assurance whatsoever    regarding Y2K issues in my software.  You alone assume the    entire risk of using the software.  The disclaimer of liability    in the LICENSE file in the bzip2 source distribution continues    to apply on this issue as with every other issue pertaining    to the software.Julian SewardCambridge, UK25 August 1999