MLUG: Re: [MLUG] Unix Epoch Time
Re: [MLUG] Unix Epoch Time
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On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, Michael wrote:

> Interestingly enough most Linux software can already handle the change
> because Linux is already set to handle the clock as 64bit as are most
> major apps that make use of it. Also unlike the 2000 thing the problem
> isn't a data format issue.. just the data type the data is stored in.


How about the Linux GNU "date" command?  It doesn't handle it:

#> date -d '1073884960 seconds'
date: invalid date `1073884960 seconds'

Maybe the problem is in the C compiler used to compile 'date'?
I have no idea, just guessing.

Mike
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