Re: January 19, 2038

[mgraffam idsi net]

On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Paul Tomblin wrote:

> 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...

Yeah, 580 billion or so, to be more precise :) 

Alpha rules, but I got a feeling people will be using something else by 
then. :)

Michael J. Graffam (mgraffam@idsi.net)
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