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64bit? Not so fast! We could just add a flag to signify "time after 2038" and "time before 1901". That would give us another 68 years into the future and the p
by Tepix 4y ago
64bit? Not so fast!
We could just add a flag to signify "time after 2038" and "time before 1901". That would give us another 68 years into the future and the past. Doesn't that seeme like a great solution? /s
- fendy3002 4y agoHa, make it multiplicative, so each number is 68 years.
- xorcist 4y agoAh! The infamous 33 bit timestamps!
- kuschku 4y agoAhhh, the good old IPv4+ solution
- Dylan16807 4y agoHave you seen how ext4 stores timestamps? They borrowed 2 bits off the nanoseconds field to do basically that.