Re: lua32: Any easy fix for 2038 problem of os.time?

[Sam Trenholme <lua@...>]

> You don't need any more than 32 bits until about 2100.
> All you need is to look at time_t as an usigned 32bit value.


The way I handle this is with code like this:

if(time_32bit < -1) {
  time_64bit = time_32bit + 4294967296ULL;
} else {
  time_64bit = time_32bit;
}

This gives us a good time until 2100 or so (2108, actually).  Converting 
time in to a normal year/month/day would require a big huge tine 
conversion library, but this gives us a usable UNIX timestamp for the 
next 80-88 years on 32-bit systems.

-- Sam