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List:       freebsd-chat
Subject:    Re: time_t (was Re: I will never trust NBC news again!)
From:       Terry Lambert <tlambert () primenet ! com>
Date:       2000-01-18 17:58:14
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> > Why isn't it and why can't it be?
> 
> Historical reasons. You're asking the entire computer industry
> to change the standard libraries' use of the time_t typedef.
> time_t starts on January 1, 1970 at 00:00 UTC. People who need
> dates before that can write their own timekeeping libraries
> that can easily "drop in" for their C libraries.
> 
> Banks, crime depts, etc. are only a small portion of the "computer
> user" legion. It would be a completely ridiculous idea to change
> time_t everywhere. I would predict chaos, quite frankly.


time_t is a signed value.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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