RE: [MiNT] DATE & TIME cookies

[Martin-Eric Racine <q-funk@pp.fishpool.com>]

> > I still consider the DATE and TIME cookies to be completely OK, just
> > like _CPU or _IDT. They would not slow your system down, would not break
> > any compatibility and you wouldn´t even notice they are there.
> 
> They slow the system down as soon as the native date format within the
> kernel is changed to something else.

The native format should remain backward-compatible.  In case you
forgot, MiNT is a GEMDOS extension/replacement so it should retain
the old functionalities, especially for basic stuff such as time.

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