Re: January 19, 2038

[Paul Tomblin <ptomblin xcski com>]

Quoting Dan (morrildl@nycap.rr.com):
> 
> > 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...
> 
> Well, sheesh.  When you put it like THAT, the whole issue just loses all its
> dangerous attraction.  I don't even want to try it anymore!  ;)

So you're not going to set your system clock to some time in the year
292,271,025,015 to see what happens when it rolls over?

(Note the year - time_t is *signed*, so I'm assuming it will roll over 2^63
seconds from 1Jan1970, not 2^64 seconds as somebody posted earlier).

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