Re: VFS 64-bit clean
Jeff Garzik (jeff.garzik@spinne.com)
Fri, 20 Feb 1998 08:14:07 +0000
H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Nope. time_t is defined as signed, and touch and ctime() are doing
> exactly the right thing. If there is an error, it is in the ext2
> kernel code. Having a signed time_t is a Good Thing[TM], especially
> since once expanded to 64 bits it can pretty much represent all of
> time; if it was unsigned it would be limited to 1970 and after.
Which begs the question, when can we switch to 64-bit time_t?
I'm chomping at the bit to attack the Y2.038K problem...
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