Re: [PHP-DEV] Unix timestamp maximum

2001-04-05 Thread teo
Hi Stanislav! On Wed, 04 Apr 2001, Stanislav Malyshev wrote: > AG>> By the time we close in on 2038 and UNIX is still around > AG>> (*smile*) then most UNIX systems will most probably have moved > AG>> to 64bit timestamps, thus requiring in the best place just a > AG>> recompilation of your PHP b

Re: [PHP-DEV] Unix timestamp maximum

2001-04-05 Thread Phil Driscoll
>Ideally it should not depend an operating system structure. Agreed (but quite a lot of work I think). >I propose #define PHP_DATE_SIZE _int64 Not agreed, unless you move the start date backwards a few thousand years :) Cheers -- Phil Driscoll Dial Solutions +44 (0)113 294 5112 http://www.dialsolu

Re: [PHP-DEV] Unix timestamp maximum

2001-04-04 Thread Joe Brown
Excellent example Keith. In order for PHP to gain acceptance in the commercial communities, a date limitation will certainly prevent that. Date limitation on "only" this or that operating system does not support any argument. Ideally it should not depend an operating system structure. I propos

Re: [PHP-DEV] Unix timestamp maximum

2001-04-04 Thread Keith Waters
> AG>> By the time we close in on 2038 and UNIX is still around > AG>> (*smile*) then most UNIX systems will most probably have moved > AG>> to 64bit timestamps, thus requiring in the best place just a > AG>> recompilation of your PHP binary and in the worse case if you > AG>> saved binary file st

Re: [PHP-DEV] Unix timestamp maximum

2001-04-04 Thread Stanislav Malyshev
AG>> By the time we close in on 2038 and UNIX is still around AG>> (*smile*) then most UNIX systems will most probably have moved AG>> to 64bit timestamps, thus requiring in the best place just a AG>> recompilation of your PHP binary and in the worse case if you AG>> saved binary file stamps to a

Re: [PHP-DEV] Unix timestamp maximum

2001-04-04 Thread Andi Gutmans
By the time we close in on 2038 and UNIX is still around (*smile*) then most UNIX systems will most probably have moved to 64bit timestamps, thus requiring in the best place just a recompilation of your PHP binary and in the worse case if you saved binary file stamps to a file, some kind of co

[PHP-DEV] Unix timestamp maximum

2001-04-04 Thread Keith Waters
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Operating system: RedHat Linux PHP version: 4.0.4pl1 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Unix timestamp doesnt go over Tuesday 19 January 2038 05:11 As you know, most of PHP's date and time functions use the unix timestamp, which won