Re: [Hamlib-developer] Year 2038 issues

[Nate B. <n0...@n0...>]

* On 2024 20 Jan 08:11 -0600, gm3zza via Hamlib-developer wrote:
> Have we had problems at the other end of the spectrum? Not hamlib, but
> in logging software with people trying to enter their old logs that
> predate the time_t datum in 1970?

Likely not as the Unix epoch is a signed integer and handles dates going
back to 1910 or so.  However, Unix systems are capable of dealing with
dates/times outside the Unix epoch which are likely from the C and other
libraries independent of the monotonic timer.  Regardless, the monotonic
timers that have traditionally been held in a 32 bit signed integer will
set bit 31 just under 14 years from now and the date will appear to jump
to the 1910 time frame.

More than anyone wants to know:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time

73, Nate

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