Re: time(1) incorrect (Re) ... times(3) strange; clock_t == long

Richard Henderson (richard@atheist.tamu.edu)
Thu, 29 Feb 1996 10:41:38 -0600 (CST)

Erik Troan wrote:
> That's easy - we don't want our time to run out in 2020 (or whenever 32 bit
> time runs out, which isn't so far in the future I can't grasp it).

Actually, 31-bit time -- too many old programs using int's
instead of unsigned's. AFWIW, "Tue Jan 19 03:14:07 2038 GMT". :-)
32-bit time would last another 68 years until 2106, approx.

r~



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