2038 is closer than it seems

Posted Dec 5, 2016 14:26 UTC (Mon) by mirabilos (subscriber, #84359)
In reply to: 2038 is closer than it seems by Jonno
Parent article: 2038 is closer than it seems

Changing the type of time_t from 31 bit (plus sign) to 32 bit is an API (not just ABI) break just as (or even worse, for the API) changing it to 63 bit (plus sign) is.

(Yes, I know about complement representation, but that was not the point here.)