Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 23:19:51 -0500 From: Jon Hamilton <hamilton@pobox.com> To: Ivan Brawley <brawley@camtech.com.au> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 64-bit time_t Message-ID: <199808140426.VAA16633@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 14 Aug 1998 10:10:02 %2B0930." <199808140040.KAA14156@mad.ct>
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In message <199808140040.KAA14156@mad.ct>, Ivan Brawley wrote: } The one named Mike Smith wrote: } } > How soon will FreeBSD move to a 64-bit time_t? The article at } } > } } > http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/14390.html } } Read the article: } } } } Certainly by 2038, Unix 'time_t' will be 64 bits or more, } } assuming Unix survives in some form," said Dennis Ritchie, } } co-author of the Unix operating system. } } } } If you have nothing else to worry about for the next 40 years, I'm sure } } we can find you something more useful to do. 8) } } Question: What is wrong with using an unsigned long for time_t, instead of } long (which is then assumed signed). You can't represent dates prior to the epoch, for starters. Some people don't care about this, some do. -- Jon Hamilton hamilton@pobox.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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