[Gllug] time_t 1e9

[Zverina, David]

And all the COBOL programs that only use 9 digits for the time_t of course.
:)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Chris Ball [SMTP:chris at cpan.org]
> Sent:	24 August 2001 13:23
> To:	gllug at linux.co.uk
> Subject:	Re: [Gllug] time_t 1e9
> 
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 01:04:07PM +0100, Gordon Joly wrote:
> > And will some programs fail?
> 
> *runs away screaming*
> 
> Some will. Most won't. I think the only way my code's going to break is
> if I've used 'cmp' (lexical) instead of '<=>' (numeric) sorts on
> datestamps in perl; putting a number that begins with '1' as smaller than 
> one that begins with '9', even though it's longer. This would Not Be Good,
> considering I've been working with oracle databases that index on time_t
> stamps. :o)
> 
> So far all looks fine, though. I'm not going to be sitting in a data
> centre with baited breath, or anything. Should just be a good opportunity
> to stare at an incrementing timestamp while drinking, really. :) 
> 
> ~C.
> 
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