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Re: The type of time_t (was: struct tm -> time_t converter wanted)

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From: Ron Natalie
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 1988 15:33
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Frankly, life is going to be screwed up before the time bits are fixed because
many programs that compute dates think that 2000 is not a leap year.  We can
always follow the TOPS-10 convention of moving the Epoch.

-Ron
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From: ron@ron.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie)
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Subject: Re: The type of time_t (was: struct tm -> time_t converter wanted)
Message-ID: <Oct.24.11.33.01.1988.12179@ron.rutgers.edu>
Date: 24 Oct 88 15:33:03 GMT
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