From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Aug 14 15:54:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA07370 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 15:54:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp01.primenet.com (smtp01.primenet.com [206.165.6.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA07351 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 15:54:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tlambert@usr04.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp01.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA22464; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 15:54:10 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr04.primenet.com(206.165.6.204) via SMTP by smtp01.primenet.com, id smtpd022435; Fri Aug 14 15:54:09 1998 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr04.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA23086; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 15:54:03 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199808142254.PAA23086@usr04.primenet.com> Subject: Re: 64-bit time_t To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 22:54:03 +0000 (GMT) Cc: brett@lariat.org, mike@smith.net.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199808132325.XAA00422@word.smith.net.au> from "Mike Smith" at Aug 13, 98 11:25:09 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > time_t is too imprecise for many things (hence struct > timeval) and too limited in range for others (eg. your application). Until 2039. Then it becomes far less limited in range, and thus suitable for his application... 8-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message