Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 00:06:05 -0400 From: Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com> To: Ivan Brawley <brawley@camtech.com.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 64-bit time_t Message-ID: <19980814000605.A25012@astro.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: <199808140040.KAA14156@mad.ct>; from Ivan Brawley on Fri, Aug 14, 1998 at 10:10:02AM %2B0930 References: <199808131721.KAA00864@antipodes.cdrom.com> <199808140040.KAA14156@mad.ct>
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On Fri, Aug 14, 1998 at 10:10:02AM +0930, Ivan Brawley wrote:
> Question: What is wrong with using an unsigned long for time_t, instead of
> long (which is then assumed signed).
man 3 time:
Upon successful completion, time() returns the value of time. Otherwise
a value of ((time_t) -1) is returned and the global variable errno is set
to indicate the error.
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