Re: What about my last date functions? there are some error?

From	David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: What about my last date functions? there are some error?
Date	2016-11-08 21:10 +0100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 08/11/16 19:56, Richard Heathfield wrote:
> On 08/11/16 18:06, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
> <snip>
>> I suspect your preferred code will not go that far
>> out on exactly the same systems that have a limited range of time_t
>> values.
>
> You're right, of course. Nevertheless, it's still a win over time_t.
> Let's assume time_t uses a long int under the bonnet, and let's further
> assume that it encodes seconds (a not uncommon implementation, as we
> both know). On a 32-bit-long-int system, that gives us a range of 49710
> days, which is 136+ years. Julian dates, on the same system, can cover
> well over 11,000,000 years.
>
> I have no particular need for /millions/ of years, at least not yet, but
> I find the ability to stretch back through the second millennium (and
> even into the first) to be useful from time to time.
>

These things can be important.  For example, what day of the week will 
Andromeda hit the Milky Way?  I hope it is not a Tuesday - I am usually 
busy on Tuesdays.

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What about my last date functions? there are some error? Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2016-11-08 11:28 +0100
  Re: What about my last date functions? there are some error? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-11-08 10:55 +0000
    Re: What about my last date functions? there are some error? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-11-08 19:00 +0800
    Re: What about my last date functions? there are some error? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-11-08 11:04 +0000
      Re: What about my last date functions? there are some error? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2016-11-08 19:22 +0800
    Re: What about my last date functions? there are some error? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-11-08 11:35 +0000
      Re: What about my last date functions? there are some error? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-11-08 15:46 +0000
        Re: What about my last date functions? there are some error? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-11-08 16:20 +0000
          Re: What about my last date functions? there are some error? Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2016-11-08 17:44 +0100
            Re: What about my last date functions? there are some error? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-11-08 16:51 +0000
              Re: What about my last date functions? there are some error? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-11-08 13:21 -0500
          Re: What about my last date functions? there are some error? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-11-08 18:06 +0000
            Re: What about my last date functions? there are some error? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-11-08 18:56 +0000
              Re: What about my last date functions? there are some error? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-11-08 12:05 -0800
              Re: What about my last date functions? there are some error? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-11-08 21:10 +0100
                Re: What about my last date functions? there are some error? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-11-08 20:16 +0000
          Re: What about my last date functions? there are some error? jadill33@gmail.com - 2016-11-08 11:16 -0800
            Re: What about my last date functions? there are some error? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-11-08 20:08 +0000
            Re: What about my last date functions? there are some error? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-11-08 12:11 -0800
              Re: What about my last date functions? there are some error? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-11-08 12:29 -0800
      Re: What about my last date functions? there are some error? Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2016-11-08 17:41 +0100
        Re: What about my last date functions? there are some error? asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2016-11-08 11:26 -0800
          Re: What about my last date functions? there are some error? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-11-08 19:38 +0000
  Re: What about my last date functions? there are some error? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-11-08 08:19 -0800

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