sub usage() {
        print STDERR <<END;
-Usage: ${\basename $0}     # fetch/update GIT from SVN
+usage: ${\basename $0}     # fetch/update GIT from SVN
        [-o branch-for-HEAD] [-h] [-v] [-l max_rev] [-R repack_each_revs]
        [-C GIT_repository] [-t tagname] [-T trunkname] [-b branchname]
        [-d|-D] [-i] [-u] [-r] [-I ignorefilename] [-s start_chg]
        my($d) = @_;
        $d =~ m#(\d\d\d\d)-(\d\d)-(\d\d)T(\d\d):(\d\d):(\d\d)#
                or die "Unparseable date: $d\n";
-       my $y=$1; $y-=1900 if $y>1900;
+       my $y=$1; $y+=1900 if $y<1000;
        return timegm($6||0,$5,$4,$3,$2-1,$y);
 }