diff -Naur logrotate-3.7.7/logrotate.c logrotate-3.7.7-magellan/logrotate.c
--- logrotate-3.7.7/logrotate.c	2008-05-14 12:31:35.000000000 +0200
+++ logrotate-3.7.7-magellan/logrotate.c	2008-10-14 23:47:04.000000000 +0200
@@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* 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);