[PATCH 1/2] Y2038: add type __time64_t
Paul Eggert
eggert@cs.ucla.edu
Wed Jun 13 08:38:00 GMT 2018
Albert ARIBAUD (3ADEV) wrote:
> -__STD_TYPE __TIME_T_TYPE __time_t; /* Seconds since the Epoch. */
> +__STD_TYPE __TIME_T_TYPE __time_t; /* Seconds since the Epoch, Y2038-unsafe. */
This change to commentary is confusing, as __time_t is Y2038-safe on 64-bit
hosts. I suggest omitting the change, and changing the comment on the next line
to "Seconds since the Epoch (TIME_BITS==64)" (or whatever the name of that macro
is).
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