site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com On Jul 13, 2009, at 12:16 PM, Esteban Bodigami wrote: Nick Zitzmann <http://www.chronosnet.com/> _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... cann't we just count the minutes after the 1st of January of 1970 instead of seconds after it? ...it is a more sane way (IMO) to solve it than passing from the bits in which it is counted and therefore DOUBLING that variable. 1. It's 2038, not 2048. See <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem

2. Your suggestion would blow away compatibility with every shipping application that measures time in seconds instead of minutes. 3. It's already fixed in the 64-bit libraries. time_t on 64-bit will not become a problem for the next 292 billion years, by which point you probably won't be using the computer you're currently using... This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com