From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: dates before 1970 Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:52:07 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87ei6en127.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <5422.1299798393@alphaville.usa.hp.com> <87hbbaoy6l.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1082) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=41125 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Pxy4z-0001g0-PZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 03:52:14 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pxy4y-0003Ds-69 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 03:52:13 -0500 Received: from mail-ew0-f41.google.com ([209.85.215.41]:59320) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pxy4x-0003Dg-W1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 03:52:12 -0500 Received: by ewy9 with SMTP id 9so896577ewy.0 for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:52:10 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87hbbaoy6l.fsf@gnu.org> 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: Bastien Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, Emacs Org mode mailing list On Mar 11, 2011, at 9:31 AM, Bastien wrote: > Hi, > > Nick Dokos 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