jbernard@mines.edu <jbernard@mines.edu> typed:
:>Description:
:	I've run across a couple of files that, when retrieved by ftp
:	have absurd timestamps.  See below for a particular example.
:>How-To-Repeat:
:	ftp ftp.gbnet.net
:	cd pub/mutt-international
:	get mutt-1.0.1.tar.gz.asc
:	bye
:	ls -l mutt-1.0.1.tar.gz.asc
:	  yields:
:	  -rw-r--r--  1 ...  ...  - 460 Dec 14  1909 mutt-1.0.1.tar.gz.asc

% ftp -a ftp://ftp.gbnet.net/pub/mutt-international/
230- 
230- Please email ftpadmin@gbnet.net if you have problems with this site.
230- 
[...stuff deleted...]
% quot mdtm mutt-1.0.1.tar.gz.asc
213 191000118225500
    ^^^^^ 
    Good year.  So what did this become?  1910/00/11 82:25:50 (spare 0)

:	Don't know.  It's possible the problem lies at the other end, but
:	it's probably worthwhile to see if our ftp client is at fault or
:	can work around a bug at the other end.

Regards,
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