Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 21:36:38 +0300
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: time functions
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> From: Randall_E_Hess AT raytheon DOT com
> Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 13:02:23 -0500
> 
> Everything you say makes sense, ...
> but it clashes with my actual experience.
> 
> Attached are two files:
> 
>   tx.c is a program
>   tx.lp is output from that program
> 
> As you can see, time_t seems to "flip"
> at the 2038 barrier.

What version of DJGPP do you have?  I compiled your program with DJGPP
v2.03, and I see no ``flip'': the printed years go all the way to
2044.

IIRC, some related bugs in the mktime function were fixed in
preparation for v2.03 release, so if you have an older version, it's
possible that you see a bug that was already fixed.