[nylug-talk] Python time zones

[Peter C. Norton]

Maybe, if it survives that long, it'll say "in -21474836422 years"
etc. etc.

-Peter

On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 09:02:37PM -0500, Adrian Noland wrote:
> So Peter,
> Can you tell us if your .sig is going to start looking like this in 2038:
> 
> --
> The 5 year plan:
> In five years we'll make up another plan.
> 
> 
> Depending on the situation, this can be the wrong thing. A unix
> > timestamp/epoch time does run out. So if you want to calculate a
> > 30-year mortgage in 2009 on a 32-bit system, you definetely want
> > something that will make sure that time_t won't wrap in 2038.
> >
> >
> > -Peter
> >
> > --
> > The 5 year plan:
> > In five years we'll make up another plan.
> > Or just re-use this one.
> >
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-- 
The 5 year plan:
In five years we'll make up another plan.
Or just re-use this one.