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From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Bastien <bzg@altern.org>
Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com,
	Emacs Org mode mailing list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: dates before 1970
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:52:07 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CE121A73-A08C-4AE3-B8FC-0BBDD3BCE6DA@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87hbbaoy6l.fsf@gnu.org>


On Mar 11, 2011, at 9:31 AM, Bastien wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> writes:
> 
>> So I'd guess raising an exception might be the simplest way to deal with
>> this. Here's a patch to try out:
> 
> This patch has side-effects that Carsten have been recently exploring a
> bit.  Those side-effects seem to depend on how Emacs has been compiled.
> 
> For now it's best to stick to this restriction.

But beeping or so to alert the user that a date is being changed
behind his back might be a good idea.

I think we should ask on emacs-devel what the official position
of Emacs development is regarding non-representable times.

- Carsten

  reply	other threads:[~2011-03-11  8:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-10 21:00 dates before 1970 Eric S Fraga
2011-03-10 23:06 ` Nick Dokos
2011-03-11  8:31   ` Bastien
2011-03-11  8:52     ` Carsten Dominik [this message]
2011-03-13  7:39     ` Carsten Dominik
2011-03-13 20:08       ` Eric S Fraga
2011-03-14  7:40         ` Carsten Dominik
2011-03-14  9:58           ` Bastien
2011-03-11  8:47   ` Eric S Fraga
2011-03-11 11:36     ` Carsten Dominik
2011-03-11 12:00       ` Eric S Fraga
2011-03-11 15:28         ` Carsten Dominik
2011-03-11 17:56           ` Gregor Zattler
2011-03-12 22:38           ` Robert Horn
2011-03-11 16:30       ` Nick Dokos
2011-03-14 10:21         ` Carsten Dominik
2011-03-14 15:11           ` Nick Dokos
2011-03-14 17:02             ` Carsten Dominik
2011-03-14 17:13               ` Nick Dokos
2011-03-14 18:12                 ` Achim Gratz
2011-03-15  7:24                   ` Carsten Dominik
2011-03-11 16:16     ` Nick Dokos

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