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If you can change the whole system from signed to unsigned, why not change to 64-bit?
by suprjami 2y ago
If you can change the whole system from signed to unsigned, why not change to 64-bit?
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- Dylan16807 2y agoThe main problem here is gradual upgrades. Signed and unsigned code act exactly the same on dates before 2038, so you can upgrade piece by piece at your leisure. The suggestions for messing with epoch or the timescale wouldn't work nearly as well, for those just switch to 64 bit.
- suprjami 2y agoIt sounds like the parent poster controls the whole system, so there is no gradual upgrade. If they're changing signed time to unsigned time, it seems to me they can change the size of time as well.