From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Jan 16 16:15: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from intranova.net (blacklisted.intranova.net [209.3.31.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7A51714F5F for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2000 16:14:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from oogali@intranova.net) Received: (qmail 54659 invoked from network); 16 Jan 2000 19:17:07 -0000 Received: from hydrant.intranova.net (user21307@209.201.95.10) by blacklisted.intranova.net with SMTP; 16 Jan 2000 19:17:07 -0000 Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 19:12:17 -0500 (EST) From: Omachonu Ogali To: Will Andrews Cc: David Schwartz , chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Eivind Eklund , Matthew Hunt Subject: RE: I will never trust NBC news again! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Ahhh, I get it now, thanks for enlightening me. Omachonu Ogali Intranova Networking Group On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, Will Andrews wrote: > On 16-Jan-00 David Schwartz wrote: > > Because no currently existing standard currently guarantees the valid > > range of a 'time_t' to extend before 1970. If an application has specific date > > requirements, it must use libraries and routines that are guaranteed to > > function over that time range. Anything else is programming negligence. > > > > This is why I say that we desperately need a new time API. And we need > > to get it standardized and deployed well before 2038. :) > > That's certainly true. Such a deployment will require an international > standards committee's involvement, or there will be chaos, just like with x2 > and k56flex. > > We have time on our side to develop such a thing right now. However, I will not > present any ideas, because this is not the appropriate forum. > > -- > Will Andrews > GCS/E/S @d- s+:+>+:- a--->+++ C++ UB++++ P+ L- E--- W+++ !N !o ?K w--- > ?O M+ V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP+>+++ t++ 5 X++ R+ tv+ b++>++++ DI+++ D+ > G++>+++ e->++++ h! r-->+++ y? > > P.S. What's your email width limit set to? I always get extra-long lines.. I > use 75-character widths. Is this not the standard? > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message