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Re: Support for tv_sec=-1 (one second before the epoch) timestamps?
> Might I suggest that the obvious solution to this, and probably a
> host of other issues, is to make time_t an always negative number
> (negint/neglong?) and redefine the epoch as 03:14:09 UTC on Tuesday,
> 19 January 2038,
While it's academic as far as this thread is concerned, you can get
much the same effect by making time_t a (positive) unsigned value and
redefining the epoch to be 1901-12-13 20:45:54 UTC.
But, if you're going to redefine the epoch, there are a whole lot of
options available.
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