[Newbies] Pre 1900 Date problems

[Rob Rothwell]

How do I reference dates prior to 1900 in Squeak?
When I print, for instance d := Date fromString: '01/01/1800', I get 1
January 3700.

1700 = 3600,

etc...

Should I be using a different Date/TimeStamp package for this sort of thing?

Thanks,

Rob
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