From: Dick Davies <rasputnik@...>
Date: 2004-04-11T01:39:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Time upper limit

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

>>    @someTime  = Time.utc(2100)
>>I am getting 
>>    in `utc': time out of range (ArgumentError)

> 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

True enough - but how *do* you represent times after 2038, then?
Integers are usually 32-bit, but we can still use higher values and Ruby
will work round the platform limitations....