bug#19302: 24.4.51; `date-to-time' fails after 2038

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

>   > (date-to-time "Sun, 07 Dec 2345 20:58:36 -0500")
>   > => (181020 5196)
>
>   > Are you running a 32-bit Emacs?
>
> Can we change Emacs so that it uses 64 bits for time values
> on all platforms?  Even if there is no system call to GET the time
> value in that form, we could still handle it internally that way.

If I remember correctly, there are OS-es out there that have a 32-bit
time_t?  

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no