From: Kev Jackson <kevin.jackson@...>
Date: 2005-07-22T11:29:14+09:00
Subject: Re: Date.to_time error

Christian Neukirchen wrote:

>Kev Jackson <kevin.jackson@it.fts-vn.com> writes:
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>>Kev Jackson wrote:
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>>I've now discovered that any date prior to 1970 breaks when to_time is
>>called on it.
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>... on win32.  Complain to your vendor for having an unsigned time format.
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yeah because complaining to Microsoft about their crappy software has 
always been a winning strategy!  I have to use Windows at work, it 
suprised me that the 1970 date would be significant to Windows in 
anyway.  Presumambly this is something to do with the half-arsed 
not-quite posix that Windows attempts to be.

Kev