Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 15:02:38 -0500 (EST) From: Will Andrews <andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM> To: Omachonu Ogali <oogali@intranova.net> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.ORG>, Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> Subject: Re: time_t (was Re: I will never trust NBC news again!) Message-ID: <XFMail.000116150238.andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001161218390.78224-100000@hydrant.intranova.net>
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On 16-Jan-00 Omachonu Ogali wrote: > Why isn't it and why can't it be? Historical reasons. You're asking the entire computer industry to change the standard libraries' use of the time_t typedef. time_t starts on January 1, 1970 at 00:00 UTC. People who need dates before that can write their own timekeeping libraries that can easily "drop in" for their C libraries. Banks, crime depts, etc. are only a small portion of the "computer user" legion. It would be a completely ridiculous idea to change time_t everywhere. I would predict chaos, quite frankly. -- Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> 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? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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