From: Gregory Millam <walker@...>
Date: 2004-04-11T01:31:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Time upper limit

Received: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 00:49:16 +0900
And lo, xor wrote:

> What are the upper limit on the values for Time class and where are they documented?
> 
> for:
>     @someTime  = Time.utc(2100)
> I am getting 
>     in `utc': time out of range (ArgumentError)
>     
> On the other hand 
>     @someTime  = Time.utc(2020)
> does not generate any errors.        
> 
> (New to Ruby)


This isn't a ruby thing, it's a system thing.

Seconds count from January 1, 1970. And because of 32 bit limitations on most systems, that means a last possible date of January 18, 2038