> > Neither the kernel nor the C runtime library cares anything about
> > the year 2000. It is just a number presented for humans to read as
> > the internal time is parsed into ss:mm:hh:mm:dd:yyyy, etc.
>
> Bzzzt. Libc4 had several problems with ctime() turning 2000 into 100.
> Libc5 seems fine. See http://www.linux.org.uk/mbug.html
Hmm... I have used Libc4, but only asctime
#include<time.h>
main()
{
time_t t = 0x7fffffff;
printf("%s\n", asctime(localtime(&t)));
}
> 2038
Yep!
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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