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


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: What were the Emacs versions with dates limited to 1970 .. 2037 year range?
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 13:00:57 +0300

> From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2022 17:51:29 +0800
> 
> > 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.

Yes, at some point in the not-so-distant future we will have to face
the issue.



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