Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 17:34:13 -0500 (EST) From: Will Andrews <andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM> To: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.ORG>, Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu>, Omachonu Ogali <oogali@intranova.net> Subject: RE: I will never trust NBC news again! Message-ID: <XFMail.000116173413.andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM> In-Reply-To: <003301bf606d$7b846840$021d85d1@youwant.to>
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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 <andrews@technologist.com>
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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?
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