>> time_t is signed so that it can also be used to store time >> differences. > That is the thinking that leads to bugs ... it is just the same as > believeing that differences between pointers is a pointer.
Or that the difference between two ints is an int. > The difference between times is an interval, or duration, not a time, > and should not be stored in a time_t, ever. So, what type _should_ be used for it? /~\ The ASCII Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mo...@rodents-montreal.org / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B