Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 11:45:25 -0400 From: Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com>, Ivan Brawley <brawley@camtech.com.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 64-bit time_t Message-ID: <19980814114525.B4001@zappo> In-Reply-To: <19980814135919.U1921@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Fri, Aug 14, 1998 at 01:59:19PM %2B0930 References: <199808131721.KAA00864@antipodes.cdrom.com> <199808140040.KAA14156@mad.ct> <19980814000605.A25012@astro.psu.edu> <19980814135919.U1921@freebie.lemis.com>
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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 <mike@smith.net.au> -- 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
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