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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: struct tm -> time_t converter wanted
Keywords: C library, time
Message-ID: <8754@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 26 Oct 88 09:21:33 GMT
Article-I.D.: smoke.8754
References: <442@grand.UUCP> <8700@smoke.BRL.MIL> <6964@cdis-1.uucp> <8716@smoke.BRL.MIL> <12418@steinmetz.ge.com>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <12418@steinmetz.ge.com> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes:
>changing the epoch or going to 64 bits would break existing programs.

Neither will break existing correct programs that don't assume things
not promised by the specifications.