Re: The time(2) man page conflicts with glibc

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Zack Weinberg wrote:
When `t` is NULL, the call cannot fail.

This doesn't make it clear what happens when the time_t values roll around after the year 2038, on 32-bit time_t hosts. How about adding some further text along the following lines?

In GNU/Linux time(NULL) cannot fail with errno == EOVERFLOW, even on ABIs where time_t is a signed 32-bit integer and when the clock ticks past the time 2**31 (2038-01-19 03:14:08 UTC, ignoring leap seconds). Instead, the behavior is undefined when the system time is out of time_t range. Applications intended to run after 2038 should use ABIs with time_t wider than 32 bits.
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