diff --git a/vfs/ChangeLog b/vfs/ChangeLog
index fc1111bee..095ed6f8d 100644
--- a/vfs/ChangeLog
+++ b/vfs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-02-19  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
+
+	* extfs/mailfs (parse_date): Correctly handle two-digit years
+	between 1970 and 1999.
+
 2001-02-14  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
 	* vfs.c (vfs_parse_filedate): Don't reset got_year to 0 while
diff --git a/vfs/extfs/mailfs b/vfs/extfs/mailfs
index 5dd6ec4d2..ffc807d08 100644
--- a/vfs/extfs/mailfs
+++ b/vfs/extfs/mailfs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ if (eval "require Date::Parse") { # fancy date parsing available?
 	# Date: Mon, 27 Mar 100 16:30:47 +0000 (GMT)
 	if (/(\d\d?) ([A-Z][a-z][a-z]) (1?\d\d) (\d\d?:\d\d)/) {
 	    $correct_year = 1900 + $3;
-	    if ($correct_year < 2000) {
+	    if ($correct_year < 1970) {
 		$correct_year += 100;
 	    }
 	    return "$2 $1 $correct_year $4";