linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] Add function to convert between calendar time and broken-down time for universal use

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Date:	Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:52:55 +0900
From:	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	Zhaolei <zhaolei@...fujitsu.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, mingo@...e.hu,
	tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] Add function to convert between calendar time and broken-down time for universal use

Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> writes:

>> Why isn't this "long"? "int" can overflow.
>
> Overflow? Year?
>
> I'm not sure how far ahead you are looking, but support for year
> 2000000000 (2e9) seems perfectly okay to me. (Our friendly star here,
> sun, is going to die at cca year 5e9, for comparison. )

Yes. If source is guaranteed as only xtime, but I'd like to think all
case. Especially, because this is library.

Thanks.
-- 
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
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