From: Charles Bailey Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:36:18 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] t4212: handle systems with post-apocalyptic gmtime Message-ID: <20140326203618.GA6991@hashpling.org> In-Reply-To: <20140326194043.GB14105@sigill.intra.peff.net> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 03:40:43PM -0400, Jeff King wrote: > On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 03:33:59PM -0400, Jeff King wrote: > > > That being said, is the AIX value actually right? I did not look closely > > at first, but just assumed that it was vaguely right. But: > > > > 999999999999999999 / (86400 * 365) > > > > is something like 31 billion years in the future, not 160 million. > > A real date calculation will have a few tweaks (leap years, etc), but > > that is orders of magnitude off. > > Assuming my math is right, then here is the most sensible patch, IMHO. > Perhaps hold onto this one for a little while longer. Splitting things out from the test is giving me some inconsistent results, there may be something else going wrong in our environment here. Charles.