On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 01:02:42PM -0400, Anthony G. Basile wrote > I welcome comment on any of the above.
I don't know if this is on topic. Is it possible to backport 64-bit date/time to uclibc-ng in 32-bit mode? 32-bit date runs between late 1901 and early 2038. 2038 is not that far away. E.g. in a 32-bit VM... [g32gst1][waltdnes][~] date --date='@-2147483649' date: invalid date '@-2147483649' [g32gst1][waltdnes][~] date --date='@-2147483648' Fri Dec 13 15:45:52 EST 1901 [g32gst1][waltdnes][~] date --date='@2147483647' Mon Jan 18 22:14:07 EST 2038 [g32gst1][waltdnes][~] date --date='@2147483648' date: invalid date '@2147483648' 64-bit date covers beyond the heat death of the universe each way... [i3][waltdnes][~] date --date='@-2147483649' Fri Dec 13 15:45:51 EST 1901 [i3][waltdnes][~] date --date='@-2147483648' Fri Dec 13 15:45:52 EST 1901 [i3][waltdnes][~] date --date='@2147483647' Mon Jan 18 22:14:07 EST 2038 [i3][waltdnes][~] date --date='@2147483648' Mon Jan 18 22:14:08 EST 2038 -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
