> On Fri, 19 Jun 1998, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
>
> > Problems will occur at (I think I remember) the year 2054 because
> > the time_t integer is not large enough. By that time, we should all have
> > 256-bit machines so the problem should go away.
>
> It's 2038 for 32-bit systems. Even with 64-bit systems, time_t wrap isn't
> an issue...unless you expect to be around in about 292471208649 years.
#include<time.h>
main()
{
time_t t = 0x7fffffff;
printf("%s\n", asctime(localtime(&t)));
}
Yep....
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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