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On Wed, Dec 22, 1999 at 11:47:23PM -0700, Wayne Bouchard wrote: > > > PS. Btw, do you remember the date of 2035 year when UNIX systems can face the > > REAL time problem? -:) > > Well, of course, THAT one will be relatively easy to fix provided > someone perks up now.. Just declare the thing to be a 64 bit integer > and put off the problem for another couplea hundred years. Actually a signed 64 bit time_t would last until the year 292271025015AD. -- Richard A. Steenbergen <[email protected]> http://users.quadrunner.com/humble PGP Key ID: 0x60AB0AD1 (E5 35 10 1D DE 7D 8C A7 09 1C 80 8B AF B9 77 BB) AboveNet Communications - AboveSecure Network Security Engineer, Vienna VA "A mind is like a parachute, it works best when open." -- Unknown
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