Nieminen Mika wrote:
> 

>   The time() function returns the time in seconds since the Epoch. The Epoch
>   is referenced to 00:00:00 CUT (Coordinated Universal Time) 1 Jan 1970.
> 
>   As you can see, there's no reference to the current year here.
>   Since this counter is usually a 32-bit number, the real problem comes
> in 2106 when the counter overflows.
>   I think I will not live that long.

Unless it's storing it as a signed integer, in which case it conks out
in 2038.  I've heard plenty of references to the 2038 problem, which I
may very well live to see.  Then again, I also expect to have migrated
to 64-bit architectures by that time.

-- 
Mark Gordon
mtg### [at] povrayorg

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