I have been looking at developing a GCL multiple precision solution for
the Year 2038 Problem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem and
wanted to find out if there are any solutions already implemented in GCL
I can use, as I want the GCL application I am developing to support
accurate time references and calculations far into the past and future.
Since all currently existing databases have very restrictive date ranges
and all operating systems in one way or another have this type of
problem, I am looking at abstracting time references using an Epoch to
define zero time, a 19-byte signed integer (instead of the current
13-byte integer) to identify the number of milliseconds since the Epoch
and possibly an Ephemeris for validation and adjustment for
leap-seconds, etc.
I know this is a difficult problem to solve, so am interested in any
thoughts the community has on this issue.
Thanks for any information you can provide.
Sergei
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