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 <ras@above.net> To: Wayne Bouchard <web@typo.org> Cc: Alex P. Rudnev <alex@virgin.relcom.eu.net>, Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>, nanog@merit.edu 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.
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