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Re: 64 bit time_t, when?
- To: "Ellis, John E (Edward)" <edward dot ellis at pnl dot gov>
- Subject: Re: 64 bit time_t, when?
- From: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>
- Date: 23 Aug 2000 18:45:38 -0300
- Cc: "'gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org'" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Organization: GCC Team, Red Hat
- References: <ECF0BF15FFD3D2119CCF0008C7A4E90A17C806@PNLMSE5.pnl.gov>
On Aug 23, 2000, "Ellis, John E (Edward)" <edward.ellis@pnl.gov> wrote:
> The web page "GNU Software in the Year 2000" says "by then (2038)
> all systems will have redefined time_t to be a 64-bit integer."
> What determines when that happens? [...] Could the gcc developers
> just do it?
Definitely not. GCC doesn't contain a C library, it just uses the one
provided by the OS on which it runs. It is C library implementors
that must make the move, probably along with kernel developers.
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