From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#19302: 24.4.51; `date-to-time' fails after 2038 Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 21:52:32 +0100 Message-ID: <87fvcoo8a7.fsf@igel.home> References: <87vblmc377.fsf@gmail.com> <83ppbswzfq.fsf@gnu.org> <87h9x4k7qg.fsf@violet.siamics.net> <8361dkwufl.fsf@gnu.org> <834mt4wtec.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1418158408 12896 80.91.229.3 (9 Dec 2014 20:53:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 20:53:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 19302@debbugs.gnu.org, ivan@siamics.net To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Dec 09 21:53:21 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XyRmY-0002AQ-NQ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 21:53:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42425 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XyRmY-0000m5-DS for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 15:53:18 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59088) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XyRmO-0000kK-KZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 15:53:14 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XyRmI-0006Ro-DJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 15:53:08 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:34543) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XyRmI-0006Rj-AV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 15:53:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XyRmH-0006Ny-MB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 15:53:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 20:53:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 19302 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 19302-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B19302.141815837324519 (code B ref 19302); Tue, 09 Dec 2014 20:53:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 19302) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Dec 2014 20:52:53 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59989 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XyRm5-0006NK-1W for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 15:52:52 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:53439) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XyRly-0006N6-Si for 19302@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 09 Dec 2014 15:52:47 -0500 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3jxtr53b0Dz3hjX4; Tue, 9 Dec 2014 21:52:37 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3jxtr52BMqzvh2K; Tue, 9 Dec 2014 21:52:37 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id ySneBS953smX; Tue, 9 Dec 2014 21:52:33 +0100 (CET) X-Auth-Info: VDdPDSPqs4Z7lEZnriSKsa32S7z1kFsKYDCYczAXwTG6ERLAeIjjmwkg96jvI8MZ Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-188-174-154-37.dynamic.mnet-online.de [188.174.154.37]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Tue, 9 Dec 2014 21:52:32 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A85642C3E83; Tue, 9 Dec 2014 21:52:32 +0100 (CET) X-Yow: .. here I am in 53 B.C. and all I want is a dill pickle!! In-Reply-To: (Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of "Tue, 09 Dec 2014 20:01:22 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:97107 Archived-At: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes: > Not at all. I'm just explaining what the use case it. My solution > would be to just document this ("Emacs does not support dates further > into the future than 2038 on OS-es with 32-bit time_t") and move on. A 32-bit time_t can support dates upto the year 2106 (but would no longer support dates before 1970). Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."