From: jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu   
      
   On 2026-01-06 11:08, Lew Pitcher wrote:   
   > On Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:00:43 +0100, Michael Bäuerle wrote:   
   >   
   >> Lew Pitcher wrote:   
   ...   
   >>> 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/s   
   s_types.h.html)   
      
   I followed the link Lew provided, and found precisely the text quoted by   
   Michael:   
      
   >> 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.   
      
   The part where it says that time_t shall be an integer type is in a   
   separate section titled "Additionally", 27 lines of text after it says   
   "shall be defined as arithmetic types ...".   
      
   > 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.   
      
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