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Re: What were the Emacs versions with dates limited to 1970 .. 2037 year


From: Ihor Radchenko
Subject: Re: What were the Emacs versions with dates limited to 1970 .. 2037 year range?
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 17:51:29 +0800

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> The workaround has been introduced about 11 years ago.
>> 
>> Could anyone tell if this issue is still present in Emacs 25 or newer or
>> maybe on some OS?
>
> Any 32-bit build of Emacs is potentially prone to this problem,
> depending on what time-related APIs it is using.  If time_t is a
> 32-bit type, this problem will still exist.

Thanks for the clarification!

I am now wondering if it is soon going to be the time to do something
about it. 2037 is getting closer and the 32-bit limitation may become a
real issue for the 32-bit Emacs builds.

Best,
Ihor



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