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Meh, we'll just redefine time_t as (signed) seconds since 2000 or so and subtract 30 years in seconds from all timestamps ... ;-)

• btilly 10y ago
  No, you make it time_t (unsigned) seconds since the epoch. That pushes the problem out 70+ years and doesn't break any binary APIs.
  • simias 10y ago
    Changing from signed to unsigned is very much an ABI break.
    • btilly 10y ago
      Yes, it is an ABI break. But if you took code that was compiled with each version, the binary data that they will produce/consume for dates between the epoch and 2038 is bit for bit identical.
• devcpp 10y ago
  All transactions between 1970 and 1999 have/will now occur between 2038 and 2068.