Subject: time_t
To: Gandhi woulda smacked you <greywolf@starwolf.com>
From: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
List: current-users
Date: 07/13/1999 23:09:22
>>>>> "Gandhi" == Gandhi woulda smacked you <greywolf@starwolf.com> writes:
Gandhi> On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Dave Sainty wrote:
Gandhi> # ...check out those modification times!
Gandhi> # Setuid additions:
Gandhi> # prwsr-xr-x 18164 2633305079 670483187 5545397811823284715 \
Gandhi> # Sep 10 14:41:52 1914 /vol/tequila/userC/NetBSD-sup/pkgsrc/x11/wmthemes
Gandhi> ^^^^
Gandhi> # Dave
Gandhi> #
Gandhi> ...you mean our time_t is still interpreted as a signed value? That's not
Gandhi> very Y1.990K compliant :-)
Yes, but time_t is used to calculate differences, so it has to be signed.
Gandhi> [FWIW: Solaris 7 interprets time_t as unsigned, which extends years to
Gandhi> somewhere in 2100 or so...]
typedef int64_t time_t;
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