diff -u -ruN logrotate-3.7.1.orig/logrotate.c logrotate-3.7.1/logrotate.c
--- logrotate-3.7.1.orig/logrotate.c	2004-10-19 17:41:24.000000000 -0400
+++ logrotate-3.7.1/logrotate.c	2005-05-24 12:12:26.000000000 -0400
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@
 	}
 	
 	/* Hack to hide earlier bug */
-	if ((year != 1900) && (year < 1996 || year > 2100)) {
+	if ((year != 1900) && (year < 1970 || year > 2100)) {
 	    message(MESS_ERROR, "bad year %d for file %s in state file %s\n",
 		    year, argv[0], stateFilename);
 	    fclose(f);