Years greater than 999 are interpreted as being the actual year,
rather than the offset from 1900. Thus, 1963 would indicate the year
-of Martin Luther King's assassination, not the year 2863.
+Martin Luther King won the Nobel prize, not the year 2863.
=item *
The scheme above allows interpretation of a wide range of dates, particularly
if 4-digit years are used.
+
Please note, however, that the range of dates that can be actually be handled
depends on the size of an integer (time_t) on a given platform.
Currently, this is 32 bits for most systems, yielding an approximate range