Re: Y2K-like bug to hit Linux computers! - Info of the day

[Alan Cox]

On Gwe, 2005-05-13 at 21:47, Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx 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.

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