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

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 12:06:04PM +0100, Martin Husemann wrote:
 > >  > I see no reason why that should be valid or more general, why any
 > >  > negative value of time_t is required to be valid.
 > > 
 > > Are you Dan Pop? :-)
 > 
 > Not sure about that, but I agree that we should not extend the range of
 > time_t (aka "seconds since the epoch") to negative values. It is a pandora
 > box, keep it closed.

I'm not sure why anyone thinks that ship didn't sail years ago.

% cal 6 1942
     June 1942        
 S  M Tu  W Th  F  S  
    1  2  3  4  5  6
 7  8  9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30


On what basis does that work besides the use of the 1970 epoch?

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David A. Holland
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