From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Aug 14 09:29:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA20179 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 09:29:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from localhost.my.domain (ppp6560.on.bellglobal.com [206.172.208.152]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA20171 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 09:29:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hoek@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: (from tim@localhost) by localhost.my.domain (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA04072; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 11:45:25 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from tim) Message-ID: <19980814114525.B4001@zappo> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 11:45:25 -0400 From: Tim Vanderhoek To: Greg Lehey , Matthew Hunt , Ivan Brawley , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 64-bit time_t References: <199808131721.KAA00864@antipodes.cdrom.com> <199808140040.KAA14156@mad.ct> <19980814000605.A25012@astro.psu.edu> <19980814135919.U1921@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <19980814135919.U1921@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Fri, Aug 14, 1998 at 01:59:19PM +0930 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Aug 14, 1998 at 01:59:19PM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > > More to the point, time_t *can* be used to represent BE (Before Epoch) > dates. Make it unsigned and you break that. "time_t is a format for the system current time. As such, you're abusing it mightily if you expect it to be a general-purpose time value." - Mike Smith -- This .sig is not innovative, witty, or profund. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message