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authorViet Than <thanhoangviet@gmail.com>2021-08-08 01:58:24 +0200
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2021-08-08 01:58:24 +0200
commitc9992ba76c8da418f9b1d044e74c3da8fd9ac662 (patch)
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parentf95aa6f05bd7616e0c2935e88389d83ceb43aa76 (diff)
downloadman-pages-c9992ba76c8da418f9b1d044e74c3da8fd9ac662.tar.gz
time.2: wfix regarding year-2038
Signed-off-by: Viet Than <thanhoangviet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man2/time.2 b/man2/time.2
index 059222dcd1..ab3d3ecbac 100644
--- a/man2/time.2
+++ b/man2/time.2
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ specified as NULL cannot fail with the error
.BR EOVERFLOW ,
even on ABIs where
.I time_t
-is a signed 32-bit integer and the clock ticks past the time 2**31
+is a signed 32-bit integer and the clock reaches or exceeds 2**31 seconds
(2038-01-19 03:14:08 UTC, ignoring leap seconds).
(POSIX.1 permits, but does not require, the
.B EOVERFLOW