From: Martin Stromberg <Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se>
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Subject: Re: timezone files: the solution
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 16:10:39 +0200 (MET DST)
In-Reply-To: <200004141141.HAA08364@indy.delorie.com> from "Eli Zaretskii" at Apr 14, 2000 07:41:09 AM
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> A simpler bandaid would be to use the -s switch to zic: it forces zic
> to put into the timezone files only those rules which yield the same
> time_t values with both signed and unsigned time_t types.  This way,
> we won't need to bother until the year 2038 ;-).
> 
> Comments?

This sounds like the easiest way to go, and we can start worry year
2035 or so... If we have to at that time.


Right,

							MartinS