Re: Support for tv_sec=-1 (one second before the epoch) timestamps?

[Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>]

>> 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?

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