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Re: Year 2038 problem

From: Marco Atzeri <marco dot atzeri at gmail dot com>
To: newlib at sourceware dot org
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 12:45:46 +0100
Subject: Re: Year 2038 problem
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On 20/11/2015 12:30, Richard Earnshaw wrote:

On 20/11/15 10:53, Clemens Ladisch wrote:

one can push out the problem another 70 years with no speed or size
penalty, at the small cost of not being able to represent dates before
1970.


That cost probably is not so small.

And do you really want to _create_ a year 2106 problem?


Regards,
Clemens


time_t is a signed type, so with a 32-bit time_t we only have a positive
range of 68 years when counting in seconds.  1970 + 68 years = 2038.  I
don't know where you get the 1900 from.


it is in reality  13th Dec 1901.

1970-68 = 1902

Nice counter on:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem

Regards
Marco

References:
- Year 2038 problem
  - From: R. Diez
- Re: Year 2038 problem
  - From: Corinna Vinschen
- Re: Year 2038 problem
  - From: Clemens Ladisch
- Re: Year 2038 problem
  - From: Corinna Vinschen
- Re: Year 2038 problem
  - From: Clemens Ladisch
- Re: Year 2038 problem
  - From: Corinna Vinschen
- Re: Year 2038 problem
  - From: Stefan Heinzmann
- Re: Year 2038 problem
  - From: Clemens Ladisch
- Re: Year 2038 problem
  - From: Richard Earnshaw

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