OK, well, I guess the thing I can't figure out is this.

I thought this hack got its data from the same source as displays the post date in the first post. If you open the thread and look at the first post, you will see that the date is correct. A correct date, in this case, is anything from or after May 17, 2000, which was when the BBS opened (in UBB form). But, out in the forum view, the date is always that 1901 date. If this hack gets its info from the same source, shouldn't the data be the same? Or is the hack mininterpreting the data, or is it getting it from a different source? In either case, could the hack be rewritten so that it either interprets the data correctly, or else gets it from the same source as the date that's displayed in the post itself?

Take a look: http://www.jjr512.com/bbs/forumdisplay.php?forumid=2

And set the view to longer than a month, if necessary, and go back to the oldest page. Look at all the thread start dates in the column that normally just has the thread starter's name. Then go into that thread and look at the post date for the first post. They should match; they don't. For any posts started after the vB migration, they do. This is why I'm confused.