diff -urN 2.4.8pre5/arch/alpha/kernel/time.c epoch/arch/alpha/kernel/time.c
--- 2.4.8pre5/arch/alpha/kernel/time.c	Sat Jul 21 00:04:03 2001
+++ epoch/arch/alpha/kernel/time.c	Tue Aug  7 20:20:09 2001
@@ -300,7 +300,9 @@
 
 	/* PC-like is standard; used for year < 20 || year >= 70 */
 	epoch = 1900;
-	if (year >= 20 && year < 48)
+	if (year < 20)
+		epoch = 2000;
+	else if (year >= 20 && year < 48)
 		/* NT epoch */
 		epoch = 1980;
 	else if (year >= 48 && year < 70)
diff -urN 2.4.8pre5/drivers/char/rtc.c epoch/drivers/char/rtc.c
--- 2.4.8pre5/drivers/char/rtc.c	Wed Jul  4 04:03:45 2001
+++ epoch/drivers/char/rtc.c	Tue Aug  7 20:19:55 2001
@@ -710,15 +710,24 @@
 	if (!(ctrl & RTC_DM_BINARY) || RTC_ALWAYS_BCD)
 		BCD_TO_BIN(year);       /* This should never happen... */
 	
-	if (year >= 20 && year < 48) {
+	if (year < 20) {
+		epoch = 2000;
+		guess = "SRM (post-2000)";
+	} else if (year >= 20 && year < 48) {
 		epoch = 1980;
 		guess = "ARC console";
 	} else if (year >= 48 && year < 70) {
 		epoch = 1952;
 		guess = "Digital UNIX";
+#if defined(__mips__)
 	} else if (year >= 70 && year < 100) {
 		epoch = 1928;
 		guess = "Digital DECstation";
+#else
+	} else if (year >= 70) {
+		epoch = 1900;
+		guess = "Standard PC (1900)";
+#endif
 	}
 	if (guess)
 		printk(KERN_INFO "rtc: %s epoch (%lu) detected\n", guess, epoch);