Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261553AbVEMV3l (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 May 2005 17:29:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262552AbVEMV0g (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 May 2005 17:26:36 -0400 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:9675 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261527AbVEMVZt (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 May 2005 17:25:49 -0400 Subject: Re: Y2K-like bug to hit Linux computers! - Info of the day From: Alan Cox To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Cc: Bill Davidsen , linux-os@analogic.com, "Srinivas G." , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <200505132047.j4DKlcgV025923@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> References: <4EE0CBA31942E547B99B3D4BFAB348114BED13@mail.esn.co.in> <200505131522.32403.vda@ilport.com.ua> <42850FC7.7010603@tmr.com> <200505132047.j4DKlcgV025923@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1116019438.26693.501.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 22:24:01 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 459 Lines: 11 On Gwe, 2005-05-13 at 21:47, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > The heck with leap seconds - why did it warp back to 1901 rather > than to 1969/1970? ;) time_t is signed so it jumps back. 0:00 UTC is 0 not -MAXINT. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/