From: Kalman Noel <invalid@...>
Date: 2006-10-07T18:55:15+09:00
Subject: Re: In the year 2525

Jim v. Tess:
> irb(main):004:0> Time.local(2038)
> => Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 Pacific Standard Time 2038
> 
> 
> irb(main):005:0> Time.local(2039)
> ArgumentError: time out of range
>         from (irb):5:in `local'
>         from (irb):5

Never rely on future times...

irb> RUBY_PLATFORM
=> "x86_64-linux"

irb> Time.local(2**31-1)
=> Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 CET 2147483647
irb> Time.local(2**31)
=> Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 CET -2147483648

irb> n  = 2147485547
=> 2147485547
irb> Time.local(n)
=> Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 CET -2147481749
irb> Time.local(n+1)
ArgumentError: argument out of range
        from (irb):70:in `local'
        from (irb):70
        from :0

Kalman