Re: Why is abstime type deprecated?

Kilian Hagemann wrote:
> >
> > Because it will certainly break by 2038, when 32-bit time_t overflows.
> >
> > In practice, Unix systems will have to move to 64-bit time_t before
> > that, and we'll probably either remove abstime or make it an 8-byte type
> > as soon as that practice is common.
>
> Thanks for that. By that time my storage requirements will certainly have
> changed, but I guess this transformation won't happen in a hurry... I'd like
> to see abstime supported until at least 2020.
>
> > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ?
>
> I have, and it doesn't have an entry on this. Don't know who maintains the
> FAQ, but I think it would be worthwhile adding this issue to the FAQ.

It is not an F(frequent)AQ because you are the first to ask about it in
perhaps years.

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