> Probably most of the time bugs are not due to misunderstanding on > the side of the programmer of the implications of using limited date > ranges, but not sufficiently specified operational date ranges Thing is even if a programmer knows about the issue if the OS uses a 32 bit signed time_t (e.g. most unix like operating systems for 32 bit or lower bit count processors) there isn't much they can do. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist