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Re: xkcd: Y2K and 2038

From Klaus Wacker <klaus.w.wacker@t-online.de>
Newsgroups comp.lang.fortran, comp.lang.c, comp.lang.c++
Subject Re: xkcd: Y2K and 2038
Followup-To comp.lang.fortran
Date 2022-11-14 13:47 +0000
Organization IEFBR14
Message-ID <jtev7mFoio3U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <tkmbc4$uc0u$1@dont-email.me> <tknieo$36gkg$2@newsreader4.netcologne.de> <tknjnl$k9o$1@gioia.aioe.org> <87mt8vlila.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com>

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In comp.lang.fortran Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
> 
> An unsigned time_t makes it impossible to represent times before 1970.
> Not all software is going to care about that, but in my opinion it's
> an unacceptable price.
>

I read somewhere that the reason for a signed time_t was mainly that
this type was nor just used for time stamps, but also for time
differences.

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Klaus Wacker         klaus.w.wacker@t-online.de
51°29'7"N 7°25'7"E

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xkcd: Y2K and 2038 Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2022-11-11 14:29 -0600
  Re: xkcd: Y2K and 2038 Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2022-11-12 07:36 +0000
    Re: xkcd: Y2K and 2038 Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2022-11-12 01:58 -0600
      Re: xkcd: Y2K and 2038 Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2022-11-12 08:30 +0000
      Re: xkcd: Y2K and 2038 Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2022-11-12 10:00 +0000
      Re: xkcd: Y2K and 2038 David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-11-12 11:29 +0100
        Re: xkcd: Y2K and 2038 Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2022-11-12 11:03 +0000
          Re: xkcd: Y2K and 2038 David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-11-12 12:57 +0100
            Re: xkcd: Y2K and 2038 Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2022-11-12 15:56 +0000
        Re: xkcd: Y2K and 2038 Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2022-11-12 10:05 -0800
      Re: xkcd: Y2K and 2038 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-11-12 16:05 +0000
      Re: xkcd: Y2K and 2038 Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-11-12 18:00 -0800
        Re: xkcd: Y2K and 2038 red floyd <no.spam.here@its.invalid> - 2022-11-13 09:49 -0800
          Re: xkcd: Y2K and 2038 gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2022-11-14 09:14 +0000
        Re: xkcd: Y2K and 2038 David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2022-11-14 10:09 +0100
          Re: xkcd: Y2K and 2038 Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2022-11-14 14:09 +0000
        Re: xkcd: Y2K and 2038 Klaus Wacker <klaus.w.wacker@t-online.de> - 2022-11-14 13:47 +0000
    Re: xkcd: Y2K and 2038 Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2022-11-12 16:13 +0200
      Re: xkcd: Y2K and 2038 Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2022-11-12 15:49 -0700
    Re: xkcd: Y2K and 2038 Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2022-11-12 15:47 -0700
  Re: xkcd: Y2K and 2038 Klaus Wacker <klaus.w.wacker@t-online.de> - 2022-11-13 12:45 +0000

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