Re: January 19, 2038

[Paul Tomblin <ptomblin xcski com>]

Quoting Dan Morrill (morrildl@nycap.rr.com):
> 
> Now, that can be "fixed" by updating the time field to 64 bits, but that
> of course causes problems unless all the C libs, data, and applications
> that query the date are also updated.

time_t is typedef'ed to __time_t in time.h.  And __time_t is typedefed to
"long int" in gnu/types.h.  So I'd say the time field is 64 bits already.  So
you've got billions of years before you have to start worrying...

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