> Hannu Savolainen wrote:
> >
> > Another approach is making time_t to be 32 bit unsigned int which gives
> > about 70 more years.
>
> ANSI/ISO C defines time_t as a signed arithmetic type, so
> such a change would break correct code.
Are you positive? I'm 99.9% sure it doesn't specify that it be signed.
Don't misunderstand the ability to return '((time_t)-1)' as requiring that
the type be signed.
DS
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