"Nelson H. F. Beebe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> % touch -t 1000001010000.00 /tmp/start-of-10000
> touch: invalid date format `1000001010000.00'
The -t option specified by POSIX doesn't allow years with more than 4
digits. You can use the GNU -d option instead:
touch -d '10000-01-01 00:00:00' /tmp/start-of-10000
This should work for years less than 2**31 + 1900 (though you may find
bugs in your C library and/or coreutils). After that, you'll need a
new syntax, which is in coreutils CVS but not coreutils 5.2.1:
touch -d '@9223372036854775807' /tmp/start-of-10000
> It appears that ls stops reporting years somewhere after
> 0xfffffffffffff (= 2^(52) - 1), and switches to seconds.
This is because localtime stops working once the year minus 1900
doesn't fit in 'int'.
> One can debate whether that is a feature or a bug.
Yes. It's both a feature and a bug, to some extent.
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