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Article #5398Re: The type of time_t (was: struct tm -> time_t converter wanted)
From: Dave Decot
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1988 08:05
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1988 08:05
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> There's nothing to prevent time_t from being typedef'd to unsigned long int, > which would double the range. (Also, it would not surprise me if by 2038 > there were no serious machines with only 32 bits in a long int.) In fact, the last time I checked, time_t was erquired to be an "arithmetic" type, not necessarily an integral type. So, you could use double to implement it, correct? Dave
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