From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Jan 16 14:34:33 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from pluto.psn.net (pluto.psn.net [207.211.58.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D02D914DBF; Sun, 16 Jan 2000 14:34:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from will@shadow.blackdawn.com) Received: from 22-084.008.popsite.net ([209.69.197.84] helo=shadow.blackdawn.com) by pluto.psn.net with esmtp (PSN Internet Service 3.12 #1) id 129yFZ-0006b1-00; Sun, 16 Jan 2000 15:34:21 -0700 Received: (from will@localhost) by shadow.blackdawn.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA51510; Sun, 16 Jan 2000 17:34:13 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from will) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3.1 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <003301bf606d$7b846840$021d85d1@youwant.to> Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 17:34:13 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: Will Andrews From: Will Andrews To: David Schwartz Subject: RE: I will never trust NBC news again! Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Eivind Eklund , Matthew Hunt , Omachonu Ogali Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 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? 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? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message