Re: mktime fails for pre 1970 on Fedora 3
- From: Tim Roberts <timr@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 07:46:51 GMT
zaphod <none@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>I have a client's website running on Linux at www.dsvr.co.uk, a well
>respected hosting company, and PHP's mktime() as on many Linux versions
>still can't handle dates prior to 1970. This is madness. Can anyone explain
>why the problem with mktime()'s dependence on glibc STILL hasn't been
>addressed as of PHP 5? I can't believe the PHP developers continute to keep
>their head in the sand with regard to mktime() and it's problems dealing
>with dates prior to 1970. It's no good blaming glibc. If glibc is
>problematic dependence on it should have been dropped long ago. Perl's
>Date::Calc doesn't suffer from these problems.
It's not glibc. It is much more deeply embedded in the depths of the
operating system. Just try to work with a date past February, 2038.
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- Tim Roberts, timr@xxxxxxxxx
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