[PATCH 2/2] Y2038: make __tz_convert compatible with 64-bit-time

Florian Weimer fweimer@redhat.com
Wed Jun 13 09:14:00 GMT 2018


On 06/13/2018 11:11 AM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Albert ARIBAUD (3ADEV) wrote:
> 
>> -extern void __tz_compute (time_t timer, struct tm *tm, int 
>> use_localtime)
>> +extern void __tz_compute (internal_time_t timer, struct tm *tm, int 
>> use_localtime)
> 
> Why have two types "internal_time_t" and "__time64_t" that are always 
> the same? Wouldn't it be simpler to get rid of "internal_time_t" and use 
> "__time64_t" uniformly? If we do need two types, the need should be 
> documented clearly.

Yes, we can get rid of internal_time_t if we have __time64_t.

Thanks,
Florian



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