Re: RFC 99 (v2) Standardize ALL Perl platforms on UNIX epoch

[Jonathan Scott Duff]

On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 10:38:23PM -0400, Ted Ashton wrote:
> Well then, why 1970?  If we're defining our own, why buy into one which is 
> scheduled to blow up in 2038?  Why not at the very least start with Jan 1, 2K?

Um, it's not guaranteed to blow up in 2038.  That's an implementation
detail.  IF we implement our time values as 64-bit integers (for
instance), we'll long out-live the 2038 deadline.

-Scott
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