Future of 32 bit time_t?

Hal Murray hmurray at megapathdsl.net
Tue Mar 14 03:03:57 UTC 2017


dfoxfranke at gmail.com said:
> I question this prediction. I expect there to be plenty of
> *newly-manufactured* 32-bit embedded systems for the
> indefinite future, well beyond 2038.
> Nobody needs or wants 64 bits to control a coffee pot. 

The question in not whether the CPU is 32 or 64 bits, but rather
if the software environment running on that system is still using
32 bit time_t.
 

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