On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 11:23, Tom Lane wrote:
> Unix systems have
> *always* interpreted time_t as a signed offset from the epoch.
No. This always was an accident if it happens.
> Do you
> really think that when Unixen were first built in the early 70s, there
> was no interest in working with pre-1970 dates? Hardly likely.
There never were files or any system events with these dates. Yes.
And just to educate you and your likes: the majority of systems on this
planet use mktime this way. I hate using this as an argument, but
beside major Unixes M$ systems also do this.
> But you will end up reverting this change due to pushback
> from users. Want to make a side bet?
Sure. Especially not everybody is that stubborn.
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