From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, June 20, 2021 at 2:24:48 PM UTC+10, Rod Pemberton wrote:   
      
   > > I was just planning on dynamically shifting that 1970.   
   > >   
   > It'd work on the software side, but you'd have the   
   > side effect of dates and times being off every decade.   
      
   time_t is only supposed to be for internal use. You can't   
   rely on it being anything in particular.   
      
   > Why wouldn't you use a larger period like the nearly   
   > seventy years from 1970 to 2038?   
      
   That's what I was originally thinking of doing, but I   
   "realized" that that would mean when I did a "dir"   
   all of my data would appear to be between 2038   
   and 2100+.   
      
   > I don't remember enough about the CMOS RTC to know   
   > if it's an issue.   
      
   It doesn't matter if the RTC covers the year 0000 to 9999.   
   I have a 32-bit limit, so I need a scheme to work within that.   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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