Subj : Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year
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From : Ww84wa@aim.com
Date : Sat Dec 31 2016 07:52 pm

From: Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com>
Subject: Re: 'Leap Second' to Be Added on New Year's Eve This Year
 
On Sat, 31 Dec 2016 16:34:40 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:
 
>On Sat, 31 Dec 2016 16:45:39 -0500, Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 31 Dec 2016 14:34:05 -0600, Mark Lloyd wrote:
>>
>>> knew it was around that time, from having to deal with that when my 
>>>website was on a 32-bit server. IIRC the negative limit is in December 1901.
>>
>>One of the problems when designing websites in 1901: there were no
>>browsers that supported UTF-8 encoding.
>
>
>Actually, in 1901, there were no browsers at all.
 
Also true.
 
My statement remains accurate: In 1901, there were no browsers that
supported UTF-8 encoding.
 
It struck me funny that the negative limit for Unix time was mentioned
on the heels of talk about a 32-bit server. 
 
One couldn't find 32-bit servers in 1901, either.
 
I get it: Mark included the opposite extreme for completeness; and I
did find it to be interesting.
 
Still, the negative limit on Unix time doesn't hinder my efforts to
back up disc files. All my files have time stamps later than 1901.
 

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