From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: dates before 1970 Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:00:18 +0000 Message-ID: <877hc5eujx.fsf@pinto.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> References: <87ei6en127.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <5422.1299798393@alphaville.usa.hp.com> <87ei6ehwld.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=42614 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Py119-0006PA-Da for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 07:00:28 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Py118-0001PM-8Z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 07:00:27 -0500 Received: from vscani-b2.ucl.ac.uk ([144.82.108.135]:49790) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Py118-0001P1-4Y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 07:00:26 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Carsten Dominik's message of "Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:36:13 +0100") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Carsten Dominik Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, Emacs Org mode mailing list Carsten Dominik writes: [...] > THis is exactly the point, that it depends on how Emacs was compiled, > and what kind of integer is used in the date representation. Signed > or unsigend, 32 or 64 bits (I think). Yes, that makes sense. > For example, Bastien can represent dates before 1970. I cannot. > I can represent dates after 2038, Bastien cannot. I can do before 1970 but not after 2038. Interesting. -- : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.50.1 : using Org-mode version 7.5 (release_7.5.27.gefa56)