From: lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca   
      
   On Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:00:43 +0100, Michael Bäuerle wrote:   
      
   > Lew Pitcher wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 06 Jan 2026 10:22:28 -0500, James Kuyper wrote:   
   >> > On 2026-01-05 19:22, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >> > > On Mon, 5 Jan 2026 16:23:09 -0000 (UTC), Lew Pitcher wrote:   
   >> > > >   
   >> > > > As Andrey pointed out, time_t can resolve to a floatingpoint type,   
   >> > >   
   >> > > POSIX says time_t is an integer type   
   >>   
   >> Actually, POSIX does not say that.   
   >>   
   >> > > .   
   >>   
   >> The Debian manpages do not necessarily represent current POSIX standards.   
   >>   
   >> The current online POSIX standards pages say that, among others, time_t   
   >> "shall be defined as arithmetic types of an appropriate length"   
   >> (https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/basedefs/sys_types.h.html)   
   >   
   > Looks like you looked at an old version. Currently there is:   
   > |   
   > | [CX] time_t shall be an integer type with a width (see ) of at   
   least 64 bits.   
   > | [...]   
   > | Austin Group Defect 1462 is applied, changing time_t to have a width of at   
   least 64 bits.   
      
   Do you have a URL reference for this? I got my POSIX references direct from   
   the Open Group's   
   "current standards" links. The time(2),  and  webpages   
   are all   
   headed:   
     The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 8   
     IEEE Std 1003.1-2024   
      
   Perhaps they have not yet applied the defect remediation to the online   
   reference.   
      
   > It refers to this issue:   
   >    
      
      
      
      
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