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

[Richard Stallman]

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  > > Apparently so -- that is why I suggest making Emacs use 64 bits
  > > even if the operating system uses 32 bits.

  > This problem will affect all applications under such OSes, so fixing it
  > in Emacs won't be sufficient.

That's true.  However, Emacs will get wrong results today on those systems,
if operating on future times.  We may as well make that problem go away.

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