George Toft wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> Clue me in. 2^32 = 4294967296. Divide that by 60 (for
> seconds),
> 60 (for minutes), 24 (for hours), and 365.24 (rough
> approximation
> for years), and you get 136.1030271 years. 1970 + 136 is
> the
> year 2106.
>
> Any kernel hackers out there to help out?
The main problem is that the time functions use a signed int.
To get the last Unix date, try this program:
/* maxdate.c */
# include <stdio.h>
# include <time.h>
# include <limits.h>
int main()
{
time_t mydate = INT_MAX;
printf("Max date = %s",ctime(&mydate));
mydate++;
printf("Max date + 1 = %s",ctime(&mydate));
return 0;
}
If you compile this program and exec it, you can see:
# ./maxdate
Max date = Tue Jan 19 04:14:07 2038
Max date + 1 = Fri Dec 13 20:55:13 1901
Arnaud
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