Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 07:00:44 -0500 (EST) From: Omachonu Ogali <oogali@intranova.net> To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I will never trust NBC news again! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001130659250.51056-100000@hydrant.intranova.net> In-Reply-To: <20000109150716.D51101@bitbox.follo.net>
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There are some institutions and organizations (such as banks and crime departments) that need to record dates that happened before 1970. Omachonu Ogali Intranova Networking Group On Sun, 9 Jan 2000, Eivind Eklund wrote: > On Thu, Jan 06, 2000 at 09:26:46PM -0500, Omachonu Ogali wrote: > > It can't be signed because you then break all dates before the Unix epoch > > (January 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC) > > In 2038, I'm pretty sure I'd much rather break all dates before 1970 > than all dates after february. > > Eivind. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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