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Date:      Fri, 14 Aug 1998 11:45:25 -0400
From:      Tim Vanderhoek <ac199@hwcn.org>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com>, Ivan Brawley <brawley@camtech.com.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 64-bit time_t
Message-ID:  <19980814114525.B4001@zappo>
In-Reply-To: <19980814135919.U1921@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Fri, Aug 14, 1998 at 01:59:19PM %2B0930
References:  <199808131721.KAA00864@antipodes.cdrom.com> <199808140040.KAA14156@mad.ct> <19980814000605.A25012@astro.psu.edu> <19980814135919.U1921@freebie.lemis.com>

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On Fri, Aug 14, 1998 at 01:59:19PM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:
> 
> More to the point, time_t *can* be used to represent BE (Before Epoch)
> dates.  Make it unsigned and you break that.

"time_t is a format for the system current time.  As such, you're
 abusing it mightily if you expect it to be a general-purpose time
 value."  -  Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>


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