range of mktime

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <39D923A6.8A0A74B8 at uniserve.com>,
bob van der Poel  <bvdpoel at uniserve.com> wrote:
>
>Using time.mktime() it appears that on my linux box the valid range is
>1902...2038. Is this platform consistent, or, if not, is there a way to
>determine at runtime the valid range?

That surprises me mildly; the usual range is 1970 to 2038 (matching the
range of the Unix 32-bit clock).  You may want to use mxDateTime instead
for greater range, precision, and utility.
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