On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 09:37:56 -0400 (EDT) 
 der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA> wrote:

 > How is this relevant, considering that the hardware in question has
 > *never* run OSF/1, Digital UNIX, or Tru64 UNIX, as far as I know?  Most
 > certainly not since the console code was switched from ARC to SRM;

The SRM console may expect the NVRAM to have the date in its native
OS's format...

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>