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Existing time_t is signed. Existing programs sometimes can check (if some_function < 0 then ERROR ). And we can predict a lot of programs refused to work since this y2.038K at all. On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Richard Steenbergen wrote: > Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 02:37:07 -0500 > From: Richard Steenbergen <[email protected]> > To: Wayne Bouchard <[email protected]> > Cc: Alex P. Rudnev <[email protected]>, Sean Donelan <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Subject: Re: Silly season > > 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 > Aleksei Roudnev, (+1 415) 585-3489 /San Francisco CA/
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