From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2024 21:07:49 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: curl_getdate.md: document two-digit year handling
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curl_getdate.md: document two-digit year handling

Mentioned-by: Paul Gilmartin
Ref: https://curl.se/mail/archive-2024-04/0014.html
Closes #13494
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diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_getdate.md b/docs/libcurl/curl_getdate.md
index 4a3849d696..2992dac0f3 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_getdate.md
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_getdate.md
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ Can be specified several ways. Month names can only be three-letter English
 abbreviations, numbers can be zero-prefixed and the year may use 2 or 4
 digits. Examples: 06 Nov 1994, 06-Nov-94 and Nov-94 6.
 
+If the year appears to be below 100 (two-digit), any year after 70 is assumed
+to be 1900 + the given year. All others are 2000 + the given year.
+
 ## time of the day items
 
 This string specifies the time on a given day. You must specify it with 6