Subject: Re: Before I offically call this a time bug can someone else try this?
To: Allen Briggs <briggs@canolog.ninthwonder.com>
From: Jukka Marin <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi>
List: tech-kern
Date: 08/05/1998 10:04:22
On Tue, Aug 04, 1998 at 06:08:08PM -0400, Allen Briggs wrote:
> I don't know the code in question, so I'm not sure that this is
> relevant, but you might want to check and see that you don't want
> to make it >= 138 (and reset to yr = 137) since (IIRC), signed 32
> bits with the current base maxes out in mid-January, 2038.  In other
> words, will your patch be useful if the RT clock shows 1 Feb 2038?

Pardon the stupid question, but why isnt't time_t simply made unsigned
which would solve the problem until 2106?

  -jm