[Python-Dev] Epoch and Platform

[Guido van Rossum]

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Curt Hagenlocher <curt at hagenlocher.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Curt Hagenlocher <curt at hagenlocher.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> There's no real urgency.  The reason this came up is because I just
>>> implemented zlib, which automatically enabled the gzip unit tests.
>>> The gzip tests are failing because the current timestamp can't be
>>> written as a 32-bit value.
>>
>> Why is that? Is it because your epoch is different? If so, I would
>> much prefer the epoch to be 1970. (Maybe this is the resolution you're
>> seeking?)
>
> Yes!  Except that I was hoping for something a little stronger, like
> "the epoch must be 1970" or "the epoch can be anything you want, but
> you're utterly retarded if you pick something other than 1970".  But
> I'll definitely settle for "much prefer". :)

I could go with the "utterly retarded" wording. :-)

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