>>>>> "Chuck" == Chuck Swiger <cswi...@mac.com> writes:

Chuck> FreeBSD aggressively rotates the utmp/wtmp databases; most other
Chuck> platforms leave it in place until the sysadmin decides to rotate
Chuck> it per local policy.

Chuck> Tweaking the monthly? periodic entries would change this, I'd
Chuck> imagine....

Sure, but the question was likely involving a stock system, so yes, your
mileage may vary, but let's consider a solution that works for a default
system.  "last reboot" isn't it.

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