Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 06 Feb 2007 14:06:57 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [patch] x86-64 ext2/ext3 datestamp problem |
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Markus Rechberger wrote: > H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> Markus Rechberger wrote: >>> My debian system's coreutils package only allows dates between 1902 and >>> 2038, but it might be interesting to get that right if it's wrong. >>> >>> touch (GNU coreutils) 5.97 just says invalid dateformat to 2050-01-01 >> Lemme guess, you're on a 32-bit system... >> > > I have both here, 64 and 32bit > If I touch a file with 1905 on my 32bit system and remount the disk the > date will remain at 1905 without any patch. >
The reason is that most 32-bit systems (e.g. i386) only have a 32-bit time_t, so the user space interface wraps around in 2038.
However, most 64-bit systems (e.g. x86_64) have 64-bit time_t, and thus don't have that problem.
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