On Fri, Aug 16, 2148 at 08:04:04PM -0400, Andreas Kloeckner wrote: > Package: ntpdate > Version: 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-2 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > consider this session: > > # date -s "jul 9, 2131" > Mo 9. Jul 00:00:00 EDT 2131 > # ntpdate ntp1.ptb.de > 15 Aug 20:01:08 ntpdate[31400]: step time server 192.53.103.108 offset > 539812826.581089 sec > > After this, the current system time is in the year 2148, which is not > quite the desired effect. :)
Yes it is. Note that ntp can only represent time from 1 jan 1970 to somewhere in 2036. So you're not in that era, and you get the time from the next era. Kurt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
